Product Owner & Scrum master - Keysight DES AI platform team

We are seeking a Product Owner for the DES AI platform team. Partnering with the different product and R&D teams in the DES organization, you will be the guidance system that ensures the AI platform team helps the product teams to delight our customers with a steady stream of valuable AI-powered features in the domain of design engineering software - by defining blueprints, developing shared components, running hackathons,… .

You represent the internal stakeholders in the development process and inform your opinions with hands-on experience using our own software. You understand the technology stack which underpins our software and use this understanding to make trade-off calls. You utilize the best of agile/lean thinking to define and sequence work in small increments, prioritized to maximize value for our customers. Together with the team’s R&D team lead, you are the voice of the team in all discussions related to roadmap planning and delivery. Together with our Product Manager, you will partner outwards with our business stakeholders/customers and inwards with your delivery team to drive complete alignment to, and execution of, our platform strategy. Responsibilities:

• Drives in-depth discussions, from detailed product functionality discussions with stakeholders, down to implementation tradeoffs with the development team.

• Refines and prioritizes the product backlog to drive the success of the development team and the product.

• Communicates with all stakeholders: from general managers, product managers and R&D managers to individual members of the development team, surfacing the hidden details/requests that make the difference between success or failure, satisfaction or disappointment.

• Documents high-level feature requirements and communicates them to the teams.

• Understands the needs of our customers (before they do!) and keeps the customer at the forefront of all the work we do. Conveys this understanding and urgency to the product development teams.

• Challenges and inspires the development teams to achieve more than they thought possible but in a sustainable manner, by being a part of the team, not above or outside it.

Bachelors or Masters Degree or University Degree or equivalent.

• Experience with building AI platforms - such as chatbot interfaces and agentic workflows.

• At least 3 years of experience in a formal Product Owner or SCRUM master role.

• Experience in agile/lean as it pertains to product ownership, you view agile as a tool, not as performative art.

• Experience with Jira or similar application lifecycle management tools.

• Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to explain tradeoffs (across technical and non-technical domains) to engineers and business stakeholders.

• Strong administrative capabilities and methodologies, which allow you to manage and prioritize even the most unruly backlog.

• You are steeped in the best practices for agile Story definition, even for platform teams.

Desired Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4-5 years of experience in a software development role, either as a developer or as a quality engineer.

• Scrum certification, especially in Product Ownership.

• Experience with continuous delivery.

• Experience in semiconductor, EDA, or other engineering domains is a plus.