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R&D IC Engineering Intern.

Hardware & Semiconductor Engineering

R&D IC Engineering Intern: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:The role is for an electrical engineering graduate student working on integrated-circuit design for future RF signal-conditioning products.
  • The Person:The person will design and simulate RF blocks at block or circuit level using circuit, electromagnetic, or high-level custom software simulations.
  • Requirements:The role requires enrollment in an MS or PhD EE program, transistor-level design skills in mixed-signal CMOS and/or BiCMOS circuits, and familiarity with schematic entry, layout, simulation, scripting, and electromagnetic simulation tools.

About the role

Overview

Keysight is a mission-critical design enablement partner for organizations solving the world’s most complex engineering challenges. With deep engineering expertise and leading design, emulation, and test solutions, our ~16,800 employees help customers in over 100 countries accelerate innovation across communications, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace and defense, semiconductor, and artificial intelligence markets. Learn more about what we do.

 

At Keysight, people come together to explore new ideas, challenge what's possible, and advance the technologies defining the future. Here, you'll find opportunities to do your best work, take your career further, and thrive in an award-winning culture. Learn more about our benefits.

Responsibilities

About the Job: You will join our team for a 3-month project in RF signal conditioning circuit design aimed at future products. You will get experience with the tools, skills, insights and tradeoffs necessary for successful integrated circuit design. Keysight fosters a collaborative engineering environment which emphasizes teamwork, mentoring, enthusiasm, and excellence in design

 

About the Team: Our Keysight Labs team develops (and often publishes) world’s-fastest amplifiers and other mixed-signal integrated circuits. Our chips provide the speed and accuracy performance that enable many of Keysight’s world-leading electronic test and measurement products.

 

Responsibilities: You will do design and simulation of RF blocks. Design may be at the block or circuit level, and simulation may include circuit simulation, electromagnetic simulation, and/or high-level custom software simulation.

Qualifications

  • Enrolled in a MS or PhD EE program
  • Strong skills in transistor-level design of mixed signal CMOS and/or BiCMOS circuits
  • Familiar with schematic entry / layout / simulation tool flow (preferably Cadence)
  • Familiar with the use of one or more software scripting tools to support design, such as Bash, Python, PERL, Awk or SKILL
  • Familiarity with electromagnetic simulations such as HFSS, RF pro, EM pro, CST

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with high-speed designs (> 1 GHz)
  • Good communication and collaboration skills

CO Pay Range- $$48.97-$52.74 / hr

Based on experience, education and skills, most offers will be between the minimum and the midpoint of the Salary Range listed above.
Note: For other locations, pay ranges will vary by region.

 

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates who now or at any point in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B Visa status) may not be considered.

Careers Privacy StatementKeysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

  • Right to work in the US is required.
  • This position requires access to technical data regulated under export controls by the U.S Government. If an export license is required, employment may not commence until such license is received.
  • Relocation is not available for this position.

 

Keysight Internship Program Requirements Candidates who wish to be considered must be enrolled in a accredited college/university as of September 2027. Applicants who have graduated before September 2027 will not be considered unless they are starting a MS or PHD program after graduating.

Published October 22, 2026
Location Colorado Springs, CO