Solutions Engineering, Intern

Keysight Technologies, Inc. • Santa Clara, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Keysight's Americas Sales Organization is seeking a motivated Solution Engineer Intern for its Network and Application/Security (NAS) team in Santa Clara, California. The team supports companies building large networks, including network equipment manufacturers, chipset vendors, cloud providers, and hyperscale AI data center operators. Keysight helps these customers validate networks used for AI training workloads, cloud services, and global internet traffic.

This is a full-time summer 2027 internship for rising seniors or graduate students interested in a long-term career with Keysight in technical sales. Continued part-time work before graduation is possible and desirable. Interns work alongside experienced Solution Engineers to learn Keysight's network test portfolio, build and run lab test topologies, support demonstrations and proof-of-concept testing, automate testing and reporting with Python, join customer meetings, and present a final project at the end of the summer.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with graduation expected between December 2027 and Summer 2028.
• Coursework or project experience in computer networks, including TCP/IP and Ethernet fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of at least one programming language, preferably Python.
• Strong communication skills and genuine interest in a customer-facing technical role.
• Ability to work closely in teams and communicate thoughts, ideas, and points of view.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with customers and internal teammates.
• Curiosity and ability to work through complex system and network problems.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, passion for continuous learning, and ability to convey ideas persuasively.
• Keysight will not sponsor work authorization for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to routing and data center protocols such as BGP, OSPF, VxLAN, or EVPN through coursework or lab work.
• Network certification such as CCNA, or progress toward one.
• Hands-on experience with network equipment, a home lab, or tools such as Wireshark or iPerf.
• Familiarity with Linux, containers, or public cloud platforms.
• Awareness of AI data center networking concepts such as RoCEv2, RDMA, or GPU cluster fabrics.
• Leadership in student organizations, hackathons, or technical competitions.
• Strong technical background and demonstrated leadership, dynamism, and persuasiveness in a professional sales setting.
• Comfort challenging customers by offering unique perspectives and a competitive, assertive approach.

Responsibilities

• Learn Keysight's network test portfolio, including traffic generation and AI data center test solutions.
• Build and run lab test topologies for protocol and performance validation.
• Support customer demonstrations and proof-of-concept testing.
• Write Python scripts to automate test execution and reporting.
• Join customer meetings to observe how technical requirements become test solutions.
• Present a final project to the team at the end of the summer.
• Develop customer and internal relationships and communicate technical ideas in a customer-facing sales environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern