Senior 5G/6G Deployment Engineer – Customer-Facing Lead

Keysight Technologies; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Keysight Technologies is seeking a Senior Forward Deployment Engineer to embed in a customer's development program and lead complex deployment engagements. You will modify software, validate fixes, and ship production code while collaborating with customer teams across multiple domains.

The role demands strong C/C++ and Python skills, Linux experience, and the ability to work onsite or with customer development teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field; 6–7 years of software/systems engineering experience preferred.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python, including API development, Linux, and embedded or real-time software.
• Experience debugging protocol interactions via logs, traces, or captures; good understanding of 3GPP specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead major or large-scale deployment engagements across Keysight and customer teams.
• Own complex deployment issues from report to validated fix, serving as technical resource.
• Work onsite or with customer development teams during major feature introductions.
• Analyze signaling flows, traces, timing behavior, and performance data to isolate failures.
• Write and modify application and protocol-stack software and necessary firmware.
• Develop and extend Python APIs that customer teams integrate against.
• Build automation workflows inside the customer's workflows.
• Create diagnostic instrumentation when existing tools are insufficient.
• Develop, validate, and deploy controlled patches and interim releases.
• Run rapid prototyping loops with customers to test new features based on live feedback.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux

Embedded/RTOS

Automated testing

Communication skills

Debugging protocols

API development

Customer-facing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

APIs development

Job description

Keysight Technologies is seeking a Senior Forward Deployment Engineer to embed in a customer's development program and lead complex deployment engagements. You will modify software, validate fixes, and ship production code while collaborating with customer teams across multiple domains.

The role demands strong C/C++ and Python skills, Linux experience, and the ability to work onsite or with customer development teams.