Technical Sales Engineer Placement (Electronics & Test Equipment) 2026

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.

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.

Responsibilities

Do you want to find a placement that will use your technical skills and knowledge and also give you real hands on problem solving, commercial and business experience?

Join Keysight Technologies where you’ll be working in a stimulating, open and dynamic environment, supporting the needs of Keysight’s customers through a program of activities developed to support Keysight’s Sales, Technical and Support Organisations along with those of our strategic partner companies.

During your internship you will spend time in each of Keysight’s customer focused organisations, primarily you will:

• Gain knowledge of the current and future technologies and market trends within the Aerospace, Defence, Semiconductor, Communications and Automotive industries.
• Learn how to provide remote pre and post-sales technical support, with the opportunity to gain valuable technical skills, knowledge and hands-on experience with Keysight’s core products, including oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, vector network analysers (VNA), RF signal generators, power meters, data acquisition systems and electronic test instrumentation.
• Be responsible for interfacing with existing or potential customers, sales and/or service representatives to handle a variety of technical and non-technical enquiries, ensuring a timely resolution to a high level of customer satisfaction at all times.
• Work in close collaboration with Keysight’s sales team, service centre organisation and those of our partner companies to provide day-to-day operational assistance including handling incoming enquiries, supporting the service centre in the repair and calibration of instruments and provide customer demo and onsite event support.
• Learn how to create, qualify and progress high value business opportunities to the sales and support organisation. This will include lead generation campaigns, market analysis and opportunity research.

This is an exciting and diverse role where you will gain experience of working for the world’s leading supplier of Test & Measurement products within the UK’s dynamic technology industry for 12 months.

Qualifications

Students currently pursuing a degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Embedded Systems, Telecommunications Engineering or a related STEM discipline.

Core skills required

• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong analytical skills to analyse and solve technical problems
• High energy, a good attitude and team player
• Proactive and willingness to learn
• Accountability and strong organisational skills
• Competence in the use of MS Office software
• Exposure to data analysis tools, CRM platforms and engineering software such as MATLAB, Python or LabVIEW would be beneficial.

This 12-month industrial placement (year in industry) is designed for undergraduate students seeking practical engineering, technical sales and commercial experience before graduation.