Senior Forward Deployment Engineer — Lead Deployments

Keysight Technologies SAles Spain SL.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 132,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

401(k) Plan

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Paid Family Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

Restricted Stock Units

Job summary

Keysight Technologies Inc. seeks an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to join customer development programs, delivering production code and leading complex deployments. You will reduce broad concepts into structured deployment plans and serve as a technical lead across multiple streams.

The role requires deep software and systems engineering experience, proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Linux, plus hands-on testing, debugging, and customer collaboration. Travel to customer sites is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
• 8+ years of software/systems engineering experience.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python (APIs), Linux, embedded or real-time software, and automated testing.
• Experience debugging protocol interactions through logs, traces, packet captures, call flows, and timing analysis.
• Familiarity with 3GPP specs and differences among standards, interoperability, and implementation behavior.
• Experience in design and test instrumentation and test emulation tools.
• Ability to produce production-quality code that ships in a customer's build.
• Strong communication skills to explain trade-offs to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Reduce broad concepts into structured, multi-workstream deployment projects.
• Act as the key technical lead for the most complex deployment engagements.
• Architect and own solutions requiring specialized skill sets.
• Work onsite or with customer development teams during major feature introductions.
• Analyze signaling, traces, timing, and performance data to isolate failures.
• Write and modify application and protocol-stack software, plus supporting software and 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.
• Translate field problems into engineering requirements and defects for product mgmt/R&D.
• Incorporate field improvements into the core product.
• Mentor lower-level engineers and help develop the forward deployment engineering team.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux

Embedded software

Protocol debugging

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Technical leadership

Education

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

Job description

Keysight Technologies Inc. seeks an Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to join customer development programs, delivering production code and leading complex deployments. You will reduce broad concepts into structured deployment plans and serve as a technical lead across multiple streams.

The role requires deep software and systems engineering experience, proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Linux, plus hands-on testing, debugging, and customer collaboration. Travel to customer sites is expected.