System Design and Tools Verification Intern (8040)

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.

Position Overview

SubCom is seeking a highly motivated System Design and Tools Development Intern to support both customer-focused system engineering activities and internal engineering process improvement initiatives. This role provides a unique opportunity to work across multiple engineering disciplines, gaining exposure to subsea telecommunications systems, systems engineering methodologies, software-enabled engineering workflows, and product development processes.

The internship has two primary areas of focus:

- System Design Support: Assist the Systems Engineering and Project Engineering teams in developing technical solutions for customer subsea cable systems and network elements.

- Engineering Tool Verification & Validation: Support the Software Development team by testing and validating internal engineering tools used to improve efficiency, streamline workflows, and enhance engineering productivity.

This position offers hands-on experience with real-world engineering challenges while working alongside experienced engineers involved in the design, development, qualification, and deployment of advanced subsea communication systems.

Responsibilities

- System Design and Engineering Support:

- Assist engineering teams in the development and evaluation of customer system solutions.

- Support system architecture studies, trade-off analyses, and technical investigations.

- Review engineering documentation, specifications, and requirements.

- Participate in design reviews and technical discussions.

- Analyze engineering data and assist in preparing technical reports and presentations.

- Support development of system models, calculations, and performance assessments.

- Help maintain engineering documentation and configuration-controlled records.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Systems Engineering, Product Development, Manufacturing, Marine Operations, and Project Management.

- Engineering Tool Verification and Validation:

- Work with software developers and engineering stakeholders to understand the intended functionality of internally developed tools.

- Develop and execute test plans, test procedures, and verification activities.

- Identify, document, and track software defects and usability issues.

- Verify engineering calculations, algorithms, and workflow automation outputs.

- Perform regression testing on new software releases and enhancements.

- Assist in validating tool performance against engineering requirements and expected outcomes.

- Create user guides, training materials, and validation reports.

- Provide feedback on tool usability, functionality, and opportunities for improvement.

- By the end of the internship, the successful candidate will have:

- Contributed to customer-facing system design activities.

- Completed verification and validation efforts for one or more internal engineering tools

- Delivered documented recommendations for tool improvements.

- Presented internship results and lessons learned to engineering leadership

- Developed a practical understanding of how complex subsea telecommunications systems are engineered, tested, and delivered to customers.