Manufacturing Engineering Intern: Lean & Data-Driven Impact

Keysight Technologies SAles Spain SL.; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight in Santa Rosa, CA is offering a full-time, onsite summer internship in the High Frequency Technology Center (HFTC). You will collaborate with industrial, automation, and process engineers on Lean initiatives to improve throughput and efficiency, delivering measurable outcomes.

As an intern, you will conduct data-driven analyses using SQL, Excel, and Power BI, build capacity models for manufacturing areas, and gain hands-on exposure to MES/ERP processes on the factory floor.

Qualifications

• Rising junior or senior pursuing a degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Willingness to spend time on the manufacturing floor observing and working directly with processes and equipment.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience with discrete-event simulation software (Simul8, Simio, AnyLogic, or Arena).

Responsibilities

• Conduct time studies, value stream mapping, and structured process observations on the manufacturing floor
• Use SQL, Excel, and Power BI to analyze manufacturing data and uncover gaps in existing data sets
• Own capacity modeling for a designated manufacturing area, building models that reflect real factory behavior
• Support automation efforts by developing a working understanding of the underlying manufacturing processes
• Document and standardize inventory, MES, and ERP transactions to make them repeatable and reliable
• Support day-to-day operations escalations as a path to learning the floor and its constraints
• Own and present an end-to-end project drawing on several of the above

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Communication

Ownership

Manufacturing floor observation

Education

Industrial Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Simul8

Simio

AnyLogic

Arena

Job description

Keysight in Santa Rosa, CA is offering a full-time, onsite summer internship in the High Frequency Technology Center (HFTC). You will collaborate with industrial, automation, and process engineers on Lean initiatives to improve throughput and efficiency, delivering measurable outcomes.

As an intern, you will conduct data-driven analyses using SQL, Excel, and Power BI, build capacity models for manufacturing areas, and gain hands-on exposure to MES/ERP processes on the factory floor.