High-Speed Digital and Optics Solutions Engineer – AI Infrastructure
Key Skills
Job Description
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.
As a member of Keysight’s AI-focused Solutions Engineering team, the Solution Engineer works closely with our account managers and plays a key role in identifying customers’ test challenges early and defining the optimal measurement and validation approach. The role provides technical pre- and post-sales support, customer presentations, demonstrations at marketing events, and customer training, with a particular focus on the high-speed digital and photonic technologies that enable and accelerate AI infrastructure.
Typical customer requirements include state-of-the-art signal analysis, compliance, characterization, and validation solutions for electronic and photonic components used in AI compute, storage, and data-center networking. Application areas include high-speed interconnects and SerDes, PCIe and CXL, Ethernet and optical links, memory interfaces, and other technologies that increase the performance, bandwidth, power efficiency, and scalability of AI systems.
Customers include leading semiconductor, compute, data-center, wireless, and communications companies, as well as universities, medium-sized companies, and start-ups developing technologies for next-generation AI infrastructure.
Responsibilities
The position requires international collaboration with colleagues worldwide, our factories, and the broader Keysight AI ecosystem. You will serve as a technical interface between customers and Keysight product development, translating emerging AI infrastructure requirements into effective test strategies and helping shape solutions for rapidly evolving standards and architectures.
- Typical customer requirements are solutions for a wide range of signal analysis and electronic component test applications always in front of future state-of-the-art technologies.
- The customers are major accounts in the Wireless and Communication Industry as well as Universities and Geographic mid-size and start-up companies. The position is located in the Keysight Technologies office Madrid or Barcelona in Spain.
- The position requires international cooperation with colleagues world-wide and our factories. You are the technical interface between the customers and Keysight product development.
A comprehensive technical training program, complemented by the development of the specialist skills required in the sales and service environment, will enable you to start your new position effectively.
- Customer visits require frequent travel (> 50% of work time).
Qualifications
The position requires a University Degree in electrical / communications engineering, physics, computer engineering, or an equivalent course of study and a minimum of 3 years’ professional experience in digital and/or photonic test and measurement applications. Experience with technologies used in AI compute, data-center, semiconductor, or high-performance networking environments is an advantage.
The following job-related skills are required
Comprehensive knowledge of Digital and Photonics test fundamentals in theory and practical measurement applications
Practical experience using Oscilloscopes, Bit Error Rate Testers, Protocol Analyzers, optical instruments and other state-of-the art measurement instrumentation
Strong personal interest in the AI sector and curiosity about the technologies accelerating AI innovation, including GPUs and AI accelerators, high-speed interconnects, data-center networking, memory technologies, and optical connectivity
Knowledge of High-Speed Digital PHY standards and interfaces relevant to AI infrastructure, such as PCIe, CXL, DDR, high-speed Ethernet, and OIF CEI, including an understanding of SerDes validation and signal-integrity challenges
Ability to connect high-speed digital and photonic measurement challenges with AI system performance, scalability, reliability, and energy efficiency, and to communicate this value clearly to technical and business stakeholders
Practical experience in the development and setup of test systems
Programming skills applied in a T&M environment such as Python, Matlab, and C/C++/C#
Understanding of I/O connectivity and instrument drivers
Business proficiency in English is required , Dutch is nice to have
The complexity of the business environment and the fast-growing AI market demands strong international teamwork with other Keysight organizations, a proactive learning mindset, and the flexibility to adopt emerging AI-related technologies, standards, and use cases quickly.
A strong proactive customer focus and professional presentation experience is required. The delivery of customer training and seminars requires excellent teaching skills.
It is important that you like to communicate and work together with other people in a team.
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Core Responsibilities
The Solutions Engineer identifies customer test challenges and defines optimal measurement and validation approaches for AI infrastructure. They serve as a technical interface between customers and product development, providing pre- and post-sales support and technical training.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a university degree in electrical engineering, physics, or a related field and possess at least 3 years of professional experience in digital or photonic test applications. Proficiency in English and the ability to travel frequently are required for this role.
About Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Industry: Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Keysight empowers innovators to explore, design, and bring world-changing technologies to life. As the industry’s premier global innovation partner, Keysight’s software-centric solutions serve engineers across the design and development environment, enabling them to deliver tomorrow’s breakthroughs at speed and with reduced risk. Keysight leverages its strength as the world’s leading test and measurement provider and today enables innovators to push the boundaries of engineering by quickly solving design, emulation, and test challenges to help create the best product experiences. Whether you're looking to improve your design and development process, optimize and secure your network, or harness AI and digital twins to get a head start on technologies like 6G, AV and EV, IoT, or quantum computing — Keysight accelerates innovation across the workflow with intelligent insights built on the most accurate measurements. Our fusion of technology knowledge, measurement science expertise, and tailored solutions helps you forge ahead with confidence in our connected and dynamic world. Keysight Technologies (NYSE: KEYS) is an S&P 500 technology company, headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, with offices and manufacturing worldwide. Keysight owns 2,000+ patents and our ~15,000 employees work with nearly 32,000 customers worldwide to start technology revolutions. Keysight customers span the communications, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor, and general electronics markets. Join us! To accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, innovators start here, with Keysight.