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Software Engineering Intern.

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Software Engineering Intern: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for someone developing software for a platform that emulates complex Ethernet-based data-center topologies.
  • The Person:The person will develop data-center networking features, program switch ASICs, and build ASIC-independent APIs that expose lower-level functionality to higher-level services.
  • Requirements:The candidate should have a degree in networking, security, or computer engineering, hands-on switch ASIC programming, and experience with C, C++, Python, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Git, with gRPC and protobuf also noted as nice to have.

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

Join Keysight Technologies’ Communications Solutions Group (CSG) as a Software Engineering Intern and contribute to the development of the Keysight Fabric Emulator — a software-defined platform that emulates complex, multi-switch Ethernet-based data center topologies on a single hardware appliance. In this project, you will be exposed to the following:

  • The latest development in networking technologies and high-performance networking stacks
  • Data Center fabric, programmable switches, smartNics/DPUs
  • A wide variety of industry standard tools and application development cycle
  • Work in a high performant development team environment and able to deliver solutions to complex problems in time and with high quality solutions

Responsibilities

  • In this role, the candidate will:
  • Learn/expand their knowledge about data centers networking
  • Work on a project on multiple levels from ASIC programming to public API server
  • Design low level features programming the ASIC, providing the right ASIC independent abstraction API to higher levels

Qualifications

 

Ideal candidates for this position would possess the following attributes:

  • Bachelor's, Master or PhD degree in Data Center space (Networking, Security) or Computer Engineering
  • Candidate must have hands on experience with programming switch ASICs 
  • Programming experience in C, C++, Python
  • Experience with Kubernetes, building services and debugging in Kubernetes environment
  • Familiarity with CI/CD and Git or other version control systems
  • Familiarity with gRPC, protobuf (nice to have)
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication skills.

 

The level of role will be based on applicable experience, education and skills; most offers will be between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range listed below.

 

MIN $38.31 to MAX $41.25 

 

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Published October 21, 2026
Location Calabasas, CA