MKS Instruments - Inside Sales Engineering Intern, application via RippleMatch

 

 

Principal Responsibilities:

Graduate Student Program Overview:

• 12-week summer internship program for advanced degree students in Master’s or PhD programs. This program will provide students a comprehensive and engaging experience from before your program starts to after the program ends.

• Intern-specific onboarding and orientation experience

• Meaningful work and project assignments

• Networking opportunities with peers and executives

• Global project experience while working with an intern cohort

• Exposure to different divisions of the business

• Understanding of MKS Instruments’ commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

Newport, Spectra-Physics, and Ophir are brands within the MKS Instruments Photonics Solutions Division (PSD). We provide a full range of solutions including lasers for precision industrial and scientific research applications, laser and LED measurement, beam profiling, precision motion control, optical tables and vibration isolation systems, photonics instruments, opto-mechanical components and optical elements. MKS PSD enhances our customers’ capabilities and productivity in semiconductors, industrial technologies, life and health sciences, research, and defense markets.

Our Inside Sales team is a diverse group of optical, electrical, and mechanical engineers and scientists who engage with the broadest range of customers imaginable – every day we learn something new by helping our customers solve challenging optics and photonics problems and develop technology to improve the human condition and make the world a better and safer place. We are often the first to interact with a customer who has visited our website or called our 800 number, making us a critical technical resource to support new sales or answer questions about a product they already own. Suppose you are passionate about selling, learning new technology, providing best-in-class technical support, and having a great customer experience. In that case, we invite you to join us as a summer intern. We are looking for an exceptional person who…

• Has the curiosity to learn our products, processes, and customer applications.

• Will work with their sponsor to develop a suitable three-month (duration of internship) program supporting the Inside Sales team. Possible activities include but are not limited to responding to customer inquiries and participating in customer calls; projects interfacing with the Inside Sales Engineering and Product Line Managers/Product Specialists within Vibration Control, Opto-Mechanical, and Motion Control products that will positively impact the customer experience.

 

Required Skills:

• Enrolled in a Master’s or PhD Degree program in studying Optics, Photonics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with expected completion between December 2025-May 2026

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Demonstrated consultative and collaborative skills to partner and consult with our sales and product teams

• Demonstrated initiative, resiliency, flexibility, time-management, and organizational skills

• Proficient computer, software, and data analysis skills, including Microsoft Office or equivalent programs