Job Description

Job Title: Network Design Intern

Location: 100 Consilium Place, Scarborough, ON M1H 3E3

Work hours/week: 40

Pay Details: $23-$30 CAD hourly

Stations on Your Journey

Welcome and Onboarding Station

- Intern Orientation
- Online Onboarding Curriculum
- Buddy Program for mentorship and guidance

Hands‑On Work Station

- Real‑world projects with top industry talent
- Paid internship + paid vacation
- Hybrid work model
- A chance to build your career with a global leader driving digital transformation and innovation that helps support a sustainable future

Networking Station

- Ask Me Anything with the Executive Committee
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Social Intern Events: Coffee Breaks, Onsite/Offsite events
- Business Intern Events: Intern Showcase & Graduation ceremony
- Company Social Events: Holiday Party, Employee BBQs, Golf tournament, etc.

About This Opportunity

To have a Network Design Intern help on multiple project activities, also to work on specific initiatives such as script development, KPI update, and automation of certain tasks/processes. This provides an chance to train an intern for a future role within the department.

Responsibilities

- Converts Customer (internal and/or external) requirements into conceptual designs and prepares associated documentation by performing operational analyses, simulations, and technical trade‑off studies evaluating alternative design configurations and functional features.
- Similarly, creates new concepts or modifies existing concepts to fulfil customer requirements.
- Creates and documents detailed network designs implementing the requirements.
- Deploys the solutions in the lab and supports testing activities.
- Participates in technical reviews of component designs, installation and designs, vendor selection and qualification, and other related areas.




- Provides support for issues in the field.
- Prepares and supports bids and proposals, including customer requirements compliance assessment, gap analysis, architecture design, simulation, trade‑off of key features, estimation, etc.
- Presents technical design and reports to customers and/or other engineering/management groups in clear, complete, concise, and non‑ambiguous terms.
- Interfaces and builds working relationships with Software, Hardware and testing groups to ensure timely analysis and resolution of in‑house and field test issues.
- Must be able to accurately report work progress & estimates to complete the assigned work.

Requirements and Qualifications

- Candidate should be working towards a System, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Computer Science degree or similar Bachelor’s degree / Master’s.
- Knowledge of network principles and technologies:
- Ethernet/IP‑based networking (switching/routing protocols).
- Redundancy and high‑availability technologies.
- Network/IT services.
- MPLS and VPN technologies.
- RF networking (802.11, LTE).
- Knowledge/Experience in Programming/Scripting (Python, C, C++, JavaScript, Perl, Shell script).
- Fluent in English - both written and oral communication skills.
- Able to work full time (40 hours) for the agreed work term with a minimum of 2 days (16 hours) in the Toronto office.

Preferred Skills And Experience

Rail signalling, CBTC, and knowledge of specification‑driven network (as it applies to computer systems with both hardware & software operation) are assets.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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📌 Network Design Intern (Fall 2026, 4 months) (Toronto)
🏢 Hitachi Rail
📍 Toronto