Advanced Forward Deployment Engineer – Onsite in San Diego

Keysight Technologies; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

Health Savings Account

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Keysight Technologies is seeking an Advanced Forward Deployment Engineer to embed within customer development programs, diagnose complex deployment challenges, and ship production code. The role blends software engineering, systems insight, and hands-on deployment in real customer environments.

You will work onsite at customer sites in San Diego, collaborate with development teams, analyze protocol behavior, and develop reusable APIs and automation. Relocation is available, with travel up to 50%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field and 4–5 years of experience.
• Strong C/C++ and Python, Linux, embedded RTOS, and automated testing.
• Experience debugging protocol interactions via logs, traces, and captures.
• Familiarity with 3GPP specs and end-to-end 4G/5G systems.

Responsibilities

• Own complex deployment issues from report to fix.
• Analyze signaling flows and performance data to isolate failures.
• Write and modify application and protocol-stack software.
• Develop and extend Python APIs for customer integration.
• Build automation workflows inside customer environments.
• Create diagnostic instrumentation when needed.
• Deploy controlled patches and feature flags per release process.
• Collaborate with customer teams and internal product/engineering.
• Travel up to 50% to client sites.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux

Embedded systems

5G knowledge

Debugging protocols

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

Instrumentation tools

Trace analysis tools

Job description

Keysight Technologies is seeking an Advanced Forward Deployment Engineer to embed within customer development programs, diagnose complex deployment challenges, and ship production code. The role blends software engineering, systems insight, and hands-on deployment in real customer environments.

You will work onsite at customer sites in San Diego, collaborate with development teams, analyze protocol behavior, and develop reusable APIs and automation. Relocation is available, with travel up to 50%.