Solns Engineer, Expert

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.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Solution Engineer provides pre-sales technical expertise for Keysight's Network Infrastructure Testing solution. The role focuses on challenging and helping customers validate performance, scalability, resiliency, and interoperability of modern network and AI infrastructures.

Provide pre-sales support for Data Center Networking, Routing & Switching, AI Fabric, Cloud Networking, and Network Securitytest and measurement solutions.

Design and deliver customer demonstrations, Proofs of Concept (PoCs), evaluations, and workshops with measurable successcriteria.

Develop customer-specific validation methodologies, and benchmarking strategies.

Translate customer challenges into structured test scenarios, performance KPIs, and technical testing solution architectures.

Support RFP/RFQ processes including technical solution definition, architecture recommendations, and Bill of Material (BoM)creation.

Work closely with Sales, Product Management, Marketing, and Engineering teams to develop and execute account strategies.

Deliver technical presentations, workshops, and conference sessions on emerging networking, cloud, AI infrastructure, and securitytechnologies.

Provide competitive positioning and technical differentiation of Keysight solutions.

Support automation and lab modernization initiatives through APIs, scripting, CI/CD integration, and test orchestration frameworks.

Serve as a technology leader and trusted advisor, helping customers navigate emerging trends in AI, Data Center networking, automation,and cloud interconnections

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related field.

5+ years of customer-facing PreSales, Solution Engineering, Consulting, or Technical Sales experience.

Must be recognized as technically competent in multiple networking technologies including:

Ethernet switching and routing

TCP/IP networking

Data Center network architectures (Spine-Leaf, Clos, EVPN-VXLAN)

Network protocols and control planes

Cloud and virtualized infrastructures (incl. Microservices / Containers)

High-speed networking (100G/400G/800G and beyond)

Solid understanding of modern AI Data Center architectures and AI Fabric technologies, including:

RoCEv2 (RDMA over Converged Ethernet)

AI cluster networking concepts

Congestion management and load balancing

Scale-Up, Scale-Out and Scale-Across architectures

Ethernet-based AI interconnect fabrics

AI infrastructure validation and benchmarking concepts

Experience with Data Center infrastructure technologies including:

Switching and routing platforms

Network operating systems

SmartNICs, DPUs and accelerated networking

Optical networking and interconnect technologies

Cloud and hybrid cloud connectivity

Expertise in troubleshooting complex Layer 2/3, transport, and Data Center networking issues.

Experience with network testing, validation, benchmarking, or performance characterization tools.

Strong understanding of test methodologies, performance metrics, latency analysis, throughput validation, congestion testing, resiliencytesting, and interoperability verification.

Excellent presentation and communication skills with the ability to deliver technical workshops, demonstrations, executive briefings, andconference presentations.

Proven capability to translate complex architectures into business value and customer outcomes.

Strong customer engagement skills with the ability to build trusted advisor relationships.

Collaborative and cross-functional working style, partnering effectively with Sales, Product Management, Marketing, Development, andServices organizations.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Strong consultative selling mindset and understanding of enterprise sales processes.

Self-motivated, highly organized, and capable of managing multiple opportunities simultaneously.

Team-oriented with strong listening and interpersonal skills.