R&D Engineering & Test Operations Lead

Keysight Technologies; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Keysight Technologies is seeking an experienced R&D Engineering Leader in Santa Rosa, CA to guide an enterprise test solutions team. You will drive development of test software, manufacturing automation, and related engineering support while delivering projects and objectives set by leadership.

You will translate priorities into plans, manage schedules and resources, and ensure quality and readiness across engineering and operations.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• 3+ years of engineering management, technical leadership, or significant project leadership experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering projects and teams.
• Experience with automated test, test software, NPI, manufacturing engineering, or electronic test and measurement.
• Strong people-management skills including coaching, performance management, employee development, and hiring.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, resources, and dependencies simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational and functional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Lead an R&D engineering team responsible for enterprise test solutions, test software, manufacturing automation, and related engineering support.
• Deliver projects and organizational objectives established by leadership, developing employees, managing resources and priorities, and ensuring effective execution across engineering and operations partners.
• Translate organization priorities and technical direction into executable team plans.
• Manage engineering schedules, resources, priorities, risks, and dependencies.
• Ensure projects meet technical, quality, schedule, and manufacturing-readiness requirements.
• Lead development and deployment of enterprise test solutions supporting engineering and operations.
• Drive improvements in test time, test effectiveness, maintainability, scalability, and reuse.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Project management

Communication

Problem solving

Team building

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science

Tools

C#

C++

Python

Job description

Keysight Technologies is seeking an experienced R&D Engineering Leader in Santa Rosa, CA to guide an enterprise test solutions team. You will drive development of test software, manufacturing automation, and related engineering support while delivering projects and objectives set by leadership.

You will translate priorities into plans, manage schedules and resources, and ensure quality and readiness across engineering and operations.