Explore wireless communication technology with WorkSafeBC in a hybrid, full-time co-op based in Richmond, BC. Evaluate systems supporting safer high-risk work.

This four-month position starts in January 2027 within WorkSafeBC’s Occupational Health & Safety Engineering department. You will partner with a senior engineer while researching radio, cellular, and satellite technologies. Your project will assess workplace communication options for tower crane and forestry yarding operations, supporting recommendations about interference prevention and worker safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop assessment criteria for wireless communication systems
• Identify applicable radio, cellular,
  
  
  
  and satellite technologies
• Evaluate available systems for workplace use
• Determine WorkSafeBC’s coordination role for recommended systems
• Explain technical findings to nontechnical audiences

Requirements:

• Third- or fourth-year wireless communication or electrical engineering student
• Relevant first- or second-year experience also considered
• Experience with radio, cellular, or satellite technology beneficial
• Robust Microsoft Office Suite experience
• Eligible to work and study in Canada

Apply wireless communication research, evaluation, and project management skills to help improve worker safety through WorkSafeBC.