R&D Software Engineer Intern

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.

• Strong interest in high-speed signals and signal integrity.
• Willingness to work with:
• Real-time oscilloscope waveform data
• High-bandwidth voltage probes
• Current probes
• Test fixtures
• Ability to:
• Understand automotive communication standards from technical specifications.
• Validate performance using the oscilloscope's protocol decoder, rather than relying solely on eye-diagram metrics.
• Design controlled experiments and document negative as well as positive results.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation throughout the project, including justification for all selected constants and parameters.
• Prior project experience involving:
• Signal processing
• Measurement or laboratory-based research

• Electrical Engineering major (Senior undergraduate, Master's, or PhD student preferred).
• Strong understanding of:
• Digital Communications, or equivalent knowledge of PAM signaling, scramblers, equalization (FFE/DFE), timing recovery, and eye-diagram analysis.
• Linear algebra, including least-squares methods, regularization techniques (Ridge/Tikhonov), and condition numbers.
• Proficiency with:
• Python and MATLAB, as well as at least one compiled programming language (C# or C++), as the next phase of the project involves porting the prototype to C#.
• Completion of, or demonstrated proficiency in:
• Signals and Systems
• Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
• Foundational knowledge of:
• FFTs, filtering, and time- and frequency-domain analysis.
• Willingness to work at the Keysight Colorado Springs, CO site.
• Exposure to wired PHY-layer technologies (e.g., Automotive Ethernet, 1000BASE-T, PCIe), the Keysight Infiniium framework or oscilloscope automation, Wireshark or Scapy, and experience interpreting IEEE standards will be considered an advantage.

CO pay range - Min $38.09 to Max $41.02

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.

Relocation is available for this position. 

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. 

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