Senior Wireless Protocol Engineer 5G/6G Deployment Lead

Keysight Technologies

Calabasas (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 200,000

Full time

11 days ago

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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 Expert Forward Deployment Engineer to join a customer-focused team in Everett, WA. You will blend software development, systems engineering, and deployment leadership to ship production code and run multi-workstream deployment projects for complex, high-impact engagements.

The role requires 8+ years in software/systems engineering, strong C/C++ and Python skills, Linux, and experience with debugging protocols.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent) and 8+ years of relevant software/systems engineering experience.
Proficiency in C/C++ and Python (including API development), 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 specifications and practical differences among standards compliance, interoperability, and implementation behavior.
Excellent communication skills; able to explain technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

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.