Senior Forward Deployment Engineer - 5G/6G/NTN Expert

Anite; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

Keysight Technologies Inc. seeks an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to embed with customer teams, translate concepts into structured deployment projects, and deliver production code.

You will lead technical decisions, diagnose complex protocol issues, and drive end-to-end deployment activities in real-world networks and systems. This role requires strong C/C++, Python, Linux expertise, and the ability to work onsite with customers, mentor engineers, and influence product direction through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree and 8+ years of relevant software/systems experience.
• Strong software development across multiple stacks and domains.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python, Linux, embedded or real-time software, testing.
• Experience debugging protocol interactions via logs and traces.
• Familiarity with 3GPP specs and interoperability considerations.
• Experience in design instrumentation and test emulation tools.
• Ability to produce production-quality code for customer deployments.
• Willingness to relocate or travel to customer sites as needed.
• Demonstrated technical leadership within complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Reduce broad concepts into structured, multi-workstream deployment projects.
• Serve as key technical lead for senior management on complex deployments.
• Architect and own solutions requiring specialized expertise.
• Work onsite or with customer development teams during feature introductions.
• Analyze signaling flows, traces, and performance data to isolate issues.
• Write/modify application and protocol-stack software and firmware.
• Develop Python APIs that customer teams integrate against.
• Build automation workflows inside customer environments.
• Create diagnostic instrumentation when existing tools are insufficient.
• Develop, validate, and deploy controlled patches and feature flags.
• Run rapid prototyping loops with customers for live feedback.
• Translate field problems into engineering requirements for product teams.
• Incorporate field improvements into the core product.
• Mentor lower-level engineers and grow the forward deployment team.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux

Embedded/RTOS

API development

Debugging protocols

3GPP specs

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

Keysight Technologies Inc. seeks an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to embed with customer teams, translate concepts into structured deployment projects, and deliver production code.

You will lead technical decisions, diagnose complex protocol issues, and drive end-to-end deployment activities in real-world networks and systems. This role requires strong C/C++, Python, Linux expertise, and the ability to work onsite with customers, mentor engineers, and influence product direction through