Director of Engineering Platform & R&D Innovation

Keysight Technologies SAles Spain SL.; Fremont, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 211,000 - 351,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight Technologies seeks a Director of Research & Development to lead the next-generation Engineering Intelligence Platform and transform our engineering organization. Build high-performing software teams, deliver enterprise products, and drive ambitious roadmaps within challenging timelines.

You will lead pod-based concurrent engineering, establish operating rhythms, recruit and mentor leaders, and partner with Product, Architecture, Customer Success, Sales, and Executive Leadership to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years leading multiple engineering teams or managers.
• Demonstrated success leading pod-based engineering organizations, concurrent engineering, or comparable product development operating models.
• Proven track record delivering complex enterprise software products while meeting ambitious NPI schedules and business commitments.
• Experience leading organizational transformation, engineering process improvement, and execution excellence initiatives.
• Strong technical background in enterprise software, distributed systems, cloud platforms, APIs, platform engineering, microservices, CI/CD, and DevOps.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering talent.
• Excellent communication, executive presentation, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the R&D organization responsible for development and delivery of enterprise software platforms and products.
• Build and lead a modern pod-based engineering organization that enables concurrent engineering, rapid decision-making, clear ownership, and predictable execution.
• Drive execution of ambitious product roadmaps and NPI programs while balancing quality, innovation, and schedule commitments.
• Develop engineering operating rhythms, metrics, and governance that improve execution velocity, accountability, and release predictability.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering leaders and software engineers.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Architecture, Customer Success, Sales, and Executive Leadership to translate strategy into executable engineering plans.
• Lead technical planning, architecture reviews, risk management, and engineering prioritization across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Champion modern software engineering practices including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native development, automated testing, engineering productivity, and AI-assisted development.
• Create a culture of urgency, ownership, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Build scalable engineering processes that support future organizational growth and global collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Agile/DevOps

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

CI/CD

AI-enabled software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Engineering leadership experience

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Keysight Technologies seeks a Director of Research & Development to lead the next-generation Engineering Intelligence Platform and transform our engineering organization. Build high-performing software teams, deliver enterprise products, and drive ambitious roadmaps within challenging timelines.

You will lead pod-based concurrent engineering, establish operating rhythms, recruit and mentor leaders, and partner with Product, Architecture, Customer Success, Sales, and Executive Leadership to