About the role
Keysight is a mission-critical design enablement partner for organizations solving the world’s most complex engineering challenges. With deep engineering expertise and leading design, emulation, and test solutions, our ~16,800 employees help customers in over 100 countries accelerate innovation across communications, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace and defense, semiconductor, and artificial intelligence markets. Learn more about what we do.
At Keysight, people come together to explore new ideas, challenge what's possible, and advance the technologies defining the future. Here, you'll find opportunities to do your best work, take your career further, and thrive in an award-winning culture. Learn more about our benefits.
Responsibilities
We are looking for a senior, customer-facing RF expert in a pre-sales role who can architect and deliver advanced RF test and measurement solutions for complex Aerospace & Defence applications.
This role combines RF systems engineering, test strategy and deep instrumentation understanding with usage experience, and technical consulting to support RADAR, EW/EMSO, MILCOM, Satellite Communications, and RF Surveillance programs, with a strong emphasis on Keysight-based solutions. The overall impact of this business is >USD10M pa.
Job Responsibility (Function, Description, Competencies)
- Work closely with clients and sales teams to unearth, understand customer needs and deliver customized RF test and measurement solutions, more specifically in the AD domain.
- Act as a technical advisor, consultant to clients during pre-sales, addressing complex technical queries and providing insightful solutions. Turn concepts into deliverables. Conduct Proof of Concept.
- Support customers with troubleshooting, testing on customer DUT / environment, interpreting results, optimization of test scenario, reduction of test times through automation. Committed to drive technical issues towards logical conclusion / closure with velocity.
- Develop and present technical documentation and demonstrations, positioning Keysight as a thought leader in RF testing and AD solutions.
- Collaborate with R&D, Industry Segment and Product teams for driving global initiatives and product roadmaps. Champion Voice of Customer to internal stakeholders.
- Develop and nurture system integrator and solution partners, defining strategies for integrating advanced measurement equipment and software, to deliver custom solutions across target applications.
Qualifications
Education: BE / ME / MTech in Electronics, ECE, or related discipline from a recognized university.
Experience: 10–14+ years in RF system design, testing or solution integration, preferably in Aerospace & Defence.
Customer-facing experience in Field Applications, Pre-Sales or Solutions Engineering roles is strongly preferred.
Technical Skills- Strong expertise in RF and microwave systems.
- Strong understanding of RF test and measurement equipment, system-level testing, and automation.
- Experience with Radar, Electronic Warfare / EMSO, MILCOM, and Satellite Communications.
- Ability to define measurement setups and test strategies aligned to operational use cases.
- Hands-on experience architecting and deploying test & measurement solutions.
- A strong team player, have good inter-personal skills and connect to various internal organizations like R&D, Industry Solutions Teams, Product & Support teams for customer technical resolution.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, versatile with multiple global cultures.
- Confidence, with good articulation and presentation skills.
- Capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously.
- Self-motivated problem solver and agile self-learner and versatile.
- Customer centric temperament & approach.
- Quick learner with emerging tech in aerospace defence domain
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