Make your mark at Comcast – a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)
Job Summary
This job code is to be used for internships and co-ops. It is not to be used for temporary or contract workers.
Job Description
Program Overview
The Comcast Cooperative Educational Program (Co-op) immerses students into the daily operations of a contemporary media and technology company while working side-by-side with Comcast’s top innovators. Designed for students whose curriculum allows for a cooperative learning track, the co-op becomes an integral part of the Comcast team working on creative, innovative, and thought-provoking projects within various business units. Throughout the experience, there is opportunity for exposure to mentorship and professional development while having some fun along the way.
Role Overview
Do you like big challenges and working within a highly motivated team environment? This role will allow you to work in a technically exciting domain and be part of a team that thrives on big challenges, results, quality, and agility and will be responsible for key components leading to the success of our technology evolution. Work with hardware engineers, network architects, and software engineers in the development of our next generation, industry leading 10G access network. The teams you will work with include the leading broadband experts who have pioneered the current and future broadband access technology.
The Connect Engineering team is a fast-moving team of professionals that partners with a number of teams internally. We develop and test prototypes and new products and applications collaboratively supporting broadband network and operations. We are a team that analyzes and evaluates solutions both internally generated as well as those from third party supplier.
In your role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations. You will be involved in the systems integration, test planning and test execution for cutting edge access network solutions. You will be integrating access network technologies across multiple disciplines, all lines of business and constantly seeking to improve the network performance and quality of experience of subscribers.
Co-op responsibilities include but are not limited to:
•Contributes to the development of testing and evaluates solutions presented to the Company by various internal and external partners and vendors. Contributes to case studies, testing and reporting.
•Assists with conducting studies to support product or application development.
•Support the Access Technology core team values of Courage, Curiosity, Trust, and Respect. Collaborate across teams with an open-minded perspective on new ideas with creative contribution on new technology, architectures and operational approaches.
•Aid in building test networks and executing test plans to evaluate new RF designs
•Contribute to hands on lab testing and validation of our 10G access network
•Perform network measurements using spectrum, network, signal analyzers, traffic generators
•Develop scripts and automation to collect and evaluate performance metrics
•Create reports and presentations
Preferred Qualifications
•Educational background in communication systems, RF and optical technologies including subjects such as power, propagation, capacity, modulation, error correction, traffic, latency, and Internet and communication protocols
•Proficient in Broadband RF, optical, or wireless network architectures
•Programming/scripting experience including Python
•Excellent communication skills including written, verbal and presentation
•Passion to learn new technology
•Preferred Majors: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
•Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree from a United States-based college or university that has a cooperative learning track.
•Available to work 40 hours per week for 6 months starting September 25, 2023 through March 29, 2024.
•Available to report in-person to the work location provided above.
•3.0 minimum cumulative GPA preferred.
•Authorized to work in the United States of America
•Comcast is an Affirmative Action/EEO employer M/F/D/V
Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Relevant Work Experience
0-2 Years
Salary:
Base Pay: $32.00
The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.