Forward Deployment Engineer: 5G/6G/NTN Expert

Keysight Technologies SAles Spain SL.; Calabasas (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

Paid Family Leave

Job summary

Keysight Technologies Inc. is seeking an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to join client projects in Calabasas, CA.

This role embeds within customer environments to customize, integrate, and deploy technology into real-world production systems, acting as a technical lead on complex deployments. You will reduce broad concepts to structured deployment plans, write production-grade code, develop Python APIs, and extend automation while collaborating with customer teams and internal R&D.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent) in a related field with 8+ years of software/systems engineering experience.
• Strong software development across multiple stacks; proficiency in C/C++, Python, Linux, and embedded or real-time software; automated testing.
• Experience with 3GPP specs, protocol debugging, and producing production-quality code for customer deployments.

Responsibilities

• Translate broad concepts into structured, multi-workstream deployment projects.
• Serve as technical lead for high-impact deployment engagements.
• Architect and own complex solutions across protocol layers.
• Collaborate with customer development teams onsite during feature introductions.
• Develop Python APIs and automation workflows; deploy controlled patches and feature flags.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team growth.

Skills

Software development

C/C++

Python

Linux

Embedded/RTOS

Automated testing

Protocol debugging

3GPP specs

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Keysight Technologies Inc. is seeking an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to join client projects in Calabasas, CA.

This role embeds within customer environments to customize, integrate, and deploy technology into real-world production systems, acting as a technical lead on complex deployments. You will reduce broad concepts to structured deployment plans, write production-grade code, develop Python APIs, and extend automation while collaborating with customer teams and internal R&D.