Hardware Program Manager- Electronic Product

Keysight Technologies; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 163,950 - 273,250; Full time

Job summary

Keysight is seeking a seasoned hardware engineering leader in Santa Rosa, CA, to invent and develop world‑leading time‑domain measurement instruments. You will drive a multi‑talented team from concept to manufacturing, delivering next‑generation oscilloscope products with complex optical and electrical frontends and high‑frequency subsystems.

You will collaborate with global R&D, manufacturing, and marketing, coaching engineers, managing budgets, and ensuring robust designs within schedule.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in engineering with 2–4 years of leadership experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams to deliver prototypes to volume manufacturing.
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to learn new technologies and work with a global, diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi‑talented hardware engineering team to invent, design, and develop new oscilloscope products.
• Own projects from concept through manufacturing with cross‑functional coordination.
• Balance customer requirements, cost, and schedule while ensuring manufacturability.
• Collaborate with global teams including marketing, lab, and manufacturing.
• Grow talent, coach engineers, and support customers with integration.
• Continuously learn in a dynamic technology environment.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Time management

Learning agility

IP protection

Cross functional collaboration

Manufacturing knowledge

Education

BS or MS in engineering

Tools

Measuring instruments

Job description

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world‑class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our award‑winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry‑first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

This position is in Santa Rosa, in the heart of California's beautiful wine country, it is the corporate headquarters of Keysight, home to many product development R&D labs. The Digital and Photonics R&D team in Santa Rosa develops and produces the world's highest performance oscilloscopes.

You will work in close collaboration with a diverse multi‑functional team of engineers, scientists, and researchers around the globe to meet the communications electronics measurement challenges of today and tomorrow. Giving customers insight into developing digital communication and Internet infrastructure signals and devices is our focus. Keysight is committed to providing innovative measurement solutions that enable our customers and partners to deliver the products and services that make a measurable difference in the lives of people everywhere.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of multi‑talented hardware engineers to invent, design, and develop new, world‑leading time‑domain measurement instruments, working with a multi‑functional, global team to deliver designs from concept to full manufacturing shipment.

• Quickly learn the hardware architecture of sampling oscilloscopes, taking ownership to imagine, define, plan and execute one or more projects to deliver new oscilloscope products to market. Instrument design requires multiple subsystem integration including optical and electrical frontends, signal sampling sub‑systems, clock recovery/phase lock loop design at frequencies from 20 GHz to 200 GHz with analog control/sensing/adjustment circuitry. Provide customer‑valued performance, robustness, and flexibility within cost, schedule and scope constraints.
• Lead a multi‑functional team through the full product development lifecycle and prove your designs are manufacturable as well as high‑performance. Work to balance customer‑facing requirements with pragmatic technical judgement to align on scope, factory cost/investment cost, and schedule. Learn and follow the Keysight product lifecycle, respecting standards of business conduct and export control restrictions.
• Collaborate with sampling scope, OF NPI and DP-COE leadership team. Sampling scopes is a fast‑paced, dynamic team where hardware and software operating managers who collaborate to efficiently complete multiple synergistic new product introductions. Work extensively with customer‑facing inbound marketing, field sales force, Keysight Labs, and a leader of our large global manufacturing organization.
• Grow engineering talent. Evaluate, coach and reward to maximize individual performance and support the success of our sampling R&D teams.
• Support customers. Present technical information of value to customers, occasionally visiting global customer sites to present products and help customers with integration.
• In a dynamically changing technology environment, continuous learning is expected and supported throughout your career.

Qualifications

This position requires significant electronic product knowledge to understand the hardware and make timely design and execution path risk trade‑off decisions. Relevant technical background of a successful candidate most likely to be in electrical or mechanical engineering with significant project execution experience.

Open to individuals with a track record of leading engineering teams to deliver projects involving new electronic and mechanical design within time/cost/scope constraints. Educational background most likely includes a BS or MS degree in an engineering major or equivalent field of study with 2‑4 years of related project leadership experience to draw upon.

• One or more examples of project leadership. Ability to discuss performance, cost, and schedule tradeoffs, arrive at an aligned execution plan & track progress. One or more examples of how changes to plan were handled.
• Evidence of excellent leadership of triage & troubleshooting and issue resolution skills.
• Enjoy working with a diverse multi‑functional team to deliver prototype designs into volume manufacturing on a global scale. Evidence of talent development skills & optimizing team productivity and creativity
• Demonstration of excellent communication and teamwork skills, enjoying working with a diverse and global team. Ability to persuasively advocate for resources to remove roadblocks to speed project execution.
• Strong problem‑solving and quantitative data analysis skills. Evidence of experience with budget management, factory cost versus net profit versus product scope tradeoffs in a quantitative data‑driven analysis.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Excellent time management, and ability to work independently in supportive team of available mentors.
• Significant pluses:
  • Evidence of ability to lead strategic discussions, for example future roadmap development. Evidence of ability to make crisp and accurate tactical decisions with incomplete/ambiguous information, and then articulately explain & recruit support.
  • Ability to quickly learn to correctly set up optical and electrical measuring instruments to demonstrate and test the desired measurement. Enjoys hands‑on exploration to find correct instrument setups to evaluate your software/hardware integration quality.
  • Evidence of handling new IP protection, and export control requirements. Ability to persuasively represent technical expertise to end‑use customers is highly desired.
  • Specific examples of high‑risk tradeoff decisions and ability to explain the method by which the decision was made.

Other Information

This position is on‑site in Santa Rosa, California. Relocation is available for this position. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

California Pay Range MIN $163,950.00 MID $218,600.00 MAX $273,250.00

Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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