High Speed Digital and Photonics Applications Engineer

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

Keysight Technologies is seeking a highly experienced High-Speed Digital & Optical Solutions Engineer to drive customer success and business growth across the rapidly expanding AI Datacenter, High-Speed Interconnect, Optical Networking, and Advanced Memory ecosystems.

This strategic customer-facing role combines deep technical expertise, industry leadership, and consultative engagement to help customers accelerate innovation in AI infrastructure, next-generation optical transceivers, high-performance computing (HPC), memory systems, and silicon photonics technologies.

You will partner with leading semiconductor companies, optical component manufacturers, network equipment providers, hyperscale cloud operators, and research institutions to deploy state-of-the-art test and measurement solutions spanning design characterization, compliance validation, manufacturing test, and volume production.

As a trusted technical advisor, you will influence technology adoption, support design wins, drive customer success, and help shape future Keysight solutions for emerging AI Datacenter architectures.

Responsibilities1. Customer & Technical Leadership

Serve as the regional technical expert for High-Speed Digital, Optical Communications, Silicon Photonics, Advanced Memory, and AI Datacenter physical-layer technologies. Act as the primary technical interface for strategic customers throughout the solution lifecycle, from technology evaluation and architectural planning through deployment and production ramp. Engage with customer executives, architects, R&D leaders, validation engineers, and manufacturing teams to understand challenges and define innovative measurement strategies. Deliver technical consulting and solution recommendations that improve customer productivity, reduce development risk, and accelerate time-to-market.

2. Application & Solution Development

Architect and deploy advanced validation and characterization solutions for:

• Optical transceivers (400G, 800G, 1.6T and beyond)
• Silicon Photonics devices and subsystems