Test, measurement, and design automation for engineers across 5G, semiconductors, aerospace, and emerging tech
Keysight is a public test-and-measurement company serving ~32,000 customers globally across communications, aerospace, automotive, and semiconductors. The tech stack—Visual Studio, Cadence, MATLAB, SystemVue, and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)—reflects a hybrid of legacy EDA platforms and modern cloud infrastructure. Active adoption of 5G, FPGA, GPU, and security scanning (SAST/DAST/IAST) alongside projects in photonic instruments and AI/ML fabric emulation signals expansion into next-generation hardware domains. Engineering dominates hiring (492 roles), with notable growth in security (31 open roles) and manufacturing (88), indicating investment in both software depth and physical supply chain.
Notable leadership hires: Product Management Director, Sales Director, Marketing Data Lead, Chief of Staff, R&D Director
Keysight Technologies is an S&P 500 public company headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, with ~15,000 employees and offices and manufacturing across 25+ countries. The company provides test, measurement, and design-automation solutions for engineers building communications infrastructure, semiconductors, automotive systems, aerospace platforms, and industrial IoT. The product portfolio spans oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal sources, EDA tools, and cloud-based design services. Keysight holds over 2,000 patents. Current priorities include expanding into European aerospace-defense markets, improving code quality and yield, growing ARR, and developing next-generation instruments for photonics and quantum computing.
Core languages: C, C++, C#. IDEs and tools: Visual Studio, MATLAB, Cadence, SystemVue. Web/cloud: Angular, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift. CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab, Bitbucket. Hardware design: ASIC, CMOS, BiCMOS, FPGA. Actively adopting 5G, GPU, and security testing tools (SAST, DAST, IAST).
Active projects include photonic test-and-measurement instruments, AI/ML fabric emulation, predictive maintenance systems, enterprise security solutions, and quantum-computing examples. Strategic focus areas are 5G, 6G, automotive/EV, IoT, and digital twins.
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