Solns Engineer, Expert

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

• 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.

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.