Senior Forward Deployment Engineer: 5G/6G & NTN

Keysight Technologies; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Health Savings Account

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Adoption Assistance

Job summary

Keysight Technologies in Everett, WA seeks an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to act as a software developer, systems engineer, and deployment lead within a customer environment. You will ship production code and drive complex deployment projects across multi-workstream efforts.

The role requires strong C/C++ and Python skills, Linux and embedded software experience, and the ability to translate field issues into engineering requirements while traveling up to 50% to client sites.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent) and 8+ years of relevant software/systems engineering experience.
• Strong software-development experience across multiple software stacks.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python (including API development), Linux, embedded or real-time software, and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Reduce broad account concepts and business strategies into structured, multi-workstream deployment projects.
• Act as the key technical lead and go-to person for Department or Senior Management on the most complex or highest-impact deployment engagements.
• Architect and own solutions to problems that require a unique or highly specialized skill set.
• Work onsite or closely with wireless customer development teams during major feature introductions.
• Analyze signaling flows, traces, timing behavior, and performance data to isolate failures across Keysight and customer implementations.
• Write and modify application and protocol-stack software, plus the supporting software and firmware the customer environment requires.
• 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, feature flags, and interim releases under Keysight's release process.
• Run rapid prototyping loops directly with customers to test and iterate on new features based on live feedback.
• Act as a feedback loop to the core product and engineering teams, translating field problems into engineering requirements and defects for product management and R&D.
• Incorporate broadly applicable field-developed improvements into the core product.
• Mentor lower-level engineers and help develop the broader forward deployment engineering team.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux

Embedded

Automated testing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Keysight Technologies in Everett, WA seeks an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to act as a software developer, systems engineer, and deployment lead within a customer environment. You will ship production code and drive complex deployment projects across multi-workstream efforts.

The role requires strong C/C++ and Python skills, Linux and embedded software experience, and the ability to translate field issues into engineering requirements while traveling up to 50% to client sites.