Account Manager, Recent Graduate - US-IL-Arlington Heights, United States
$111,640 - $186,070 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 September 2026 by the employer — open 7 days.
About the role
This role involves managing customer relationships and driving business growth for test and measurement solutions in Illinois.
What you'll do
- Support the growth and management of customer accounts within Illinois.
- Build and maintain customer relationships through engagement and communication.
- Learn customers' technical and business objectives and identify value-creation opportunities.
- Assist in developing account plans and strategies for revenue growth.
- Generate and qualify sales opportunities through customer outreach and networking.
- Maintain opportunity pipelines, forecasts, and customer information within CRM systems.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering Technology, Physics, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- 0-2 years of professional experience, including internships, co-op programs, technical support, engineering, business development, or customer-facing roles.
- Strong interest in technology, sales, customer relationship management, and business development.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to learn complex technical concepts and communicate them effectively.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel within the assigned territory.
Nice to have
- Internship, co-op, or academic project experience in RF, wireless communications, electronics, semiconductors, aerospace and defense, automotive, or test and measurement technologies.
- Familiarity with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, or related instrumentation.
- Exposure to customer-facing activities, presentations, technical demonstrations, or sales projects.
- Understanding of RF, microwave, wireless communications, or high-speed digital technologies.
- Experience using CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar platforms.
Skills: customer relationships, technical sales, test and measurement solutions, account plans, sales opportunities
This role has been open 7 days — well below the 24-day median for Sales Engineering roles.
Sales Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
46
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Median days open
24 d
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Median salary
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| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (46 roles · 14 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 7 | 46 |
| Median days open | 24 d | 24 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: customer relationships, technical sales, test and measurement solutions, account plans, sales opportunities
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 13 open roles · median 30 d
- Keysight Technologies (this employer) · 7 open roles · median 24 d
- KLA Corporation · 7 open roles · median 15 d
- ASM International · 4 open roles · median 26 d
- Onto Innovation · 3 open roles · median 21 d
- Entegris · 2 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 46 open Sales Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 14 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.