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.
Check us out at: https://www.nepgroup.com/career/careers
Skills Required
- Associate or technical degree in Broadcast Communications, Electronics, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Formal training or hands-on experience in electronics, broadcast technology, cabling, or IP networking
- 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 after successful completion of the program
- Ability to travel extensively, up to 100%, depending on assignment and business unit
NEP Group, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NEP Group, Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by NEP Group, Inc..
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is typically comprehensive—medical, dental, vision—with options like HSA/PPO and company‑paid life/short‑term disability referenced in company materials. Feedback suggests eligibility for U.S. staff can begin quickly and overall healthcare is viewed as solid.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match is consistently highlighted, with automatic enrollment and a tiered match noted in earlier guides. This indicates structured retirement support alongside the core benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, vacation/PTO, and sick time are offered to full‑time staff, with documented accrual tiers in prior U.S. guides. Role pages and benefit overviews regularly reference these leave categories across locations.
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What We Do
NEP Group is the world’s leading media technology partner for content producers of live sports, entertainment and corporate events – and even if you don’t know our name, you’ve seen our work. Our clients range from the leaders in sport, music, film and TV, to major corporate brands, agencies, and new types of content creators. From international award shows to major sporting events to global product launches to world concert tours and festivals, we power thousands of live events and broadcasts each year, reaching millions of fans and viewers around the world. Anywhere, anytime, on any platform—we help our clients make, manage and show the world their content. Come be a part of it!
