Broadcast Engineer Apprentice

NEP Group; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

NEP Group is offering a 12-month Engineer Apprentice Program in Pittsburgh, providing structured rotations through Field Shop, Fiber Optics, Copper, and Systems Integration. You will gain hands-on experience with broadcast technology and live productions while learning from seasoned engineers.

Aspiring engineers will relocate after the program and may travel extensively depending on the assigned role. This is an entry-level opportunity to grow within a global production ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Associate or technical degree in Broadcast Communications, Electronics, Engineering is preferred.
• Formal training or hands-on experience in electronics, broadcast technology, cabling, or IP networking is preferred.
• Strong communication, organization, and teamwork skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in hands-on rotations across Field Shop, Fiber Optics, Copper, and Systems Integration.
• Support live production environments and learn from experienced NEP engineers.
• Relocation may be required after successful program completion and travel can be up to 100%.

Skills

Technical skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Associate or technical degree in Broadcast Communications, Electronics, Engineering

Job description

Bring great content—and your career—to life at NEP.

You may be an industry pro ready for your next move, or just starting to think about your career. Either way, NEP offers exciting career opportunities.

If you're not familiar with our name, you've probably seen our work—on stage, on screen, or on the field. For more than four decades, we’ve supported our customers in delivering the world’s most-watched live sports, entertainment, corporate and news broadcasts and events.

With operations in more than 20 countries, NEP offers employees opportunities to support live productions happening in every corner of the world, onsite at event venues or from one of our connected facilities.

We bring thousands of events and productions to life worldwide for our customers—and their thousands (sometimes even millions) of fans and audiences—every year. Each event is supported by skilled teams behind the scenes, including the employees of NEP.

Be Part Of a Diverse, Multicultural Team

We strive to bring people together with diverse experiences and perspectives. Whether part of our shared services, sales, customer service, operations, or engineering teams, NEPprovides opportunities to collaborate across cultures and backgrounds.

NEP's software and design teams build the tools, platforms, and systems that power live production at global scale. From front-end interfaces and back-end infrastructure to systems architecture and graphic design, this team keeps our technology ahead of the curve. If you solve complex problems through code or design, there's a place for you here.

Roles include: Front End Developer, Back End Developer, Solutions Architect, Graphic Designer, Systems Configuration

Launch your career in broadcast engineering with NEP. Our 12-month Engineer Apprentice Program combines structured technical rotations, hands‑on training, systems integration experience, and real-world exposure to live production environments.

You’ll learn from experienced professionals, work with industry‑leading broadcast technology, and build the technical skills needed to support complex productions and live events.

What You’ll Do:

Complete hands‑on technical rotations in:

• Field Shop: Equipment preparation, troubleshooting, maintenance, shop operations, and technical procedures.
• Fiber Optics: Fiber handling, termination, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Copper: Copper cabling, connectors, termination, testing, and broadcast signal infrastructure.
• Panheads, Sticks & Power Systems: Camera support equipment, panheads, tripods, and basic electrical and power distribution systems.
• Systems Integration: Equipment installation, wiring, configuration, documentation, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Systems Integration Road Assignments: Apply your technical knowledge alongside experienced NEP engineers in live production environments.

What You’ll Need:

• An associate or technical degree in Broadcast Communications, Electronics, Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
• Formal training or hands‑on experience in electronics, broadcast technology, cabling, or IP networking is preferred.Strong technical, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to learn new technologies and technical systems quickly.
• Strong communication, organization, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to relocate following successful completion of the program.
• Ability to travel extensively—up to 100%—depending on the assigned role and business unit.

Upon successful completion, you will be required to relocate to the designated home location of your assigned business unit. Apprentices promoted into Mobile Unit engineering roles will remain based in Pittsburgh for an additional year before moving to their selected location.

You might not know our name, but you’ve probably seen our work – on stage, on screen or on the field. Our technology solutions and unique Global Production Ecosystem empower content creators and rights holders to tell their stories in breakthrough ways. We’ve supported some of the world’s most watched productions and live events in sports, entertainment, concerts, festivals, film, TV and more. For over 40 years our clients have trusted us to deliver live production, live events, and virtual production solutions for them, anytime, anywhere. Put simply, we bring content to life.