[Hiring] Functional Test Solutions Engineer @Keysight Technologies, Inc.

Role Description

The Solutions Engineer, Advanced is responsible for providing technical leadership, solution development, and project execution support for Keysight's Functional Test solutions portfolio across Mexico and Latin America. This role involves:

• Engaging directly with customer engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams to understand technical requirements and business objectives.
• Conducting technical discovery sessions to identify customer challenges, application requirements, and success criteria.
• Delivering product presentations, solution demonstrations, and technical workshops.
• Building trusted relationships with customer stakeholders and serving as a technical advisor throughout the project lifecycle.
• Supporting customer evaluations, proof-of-concept activities, and solution acceptance processes.
• Analyzing customer requirements and developing system-level Functional Test solution architectures.
• Defining hardware, software, instrumentation, switching, data acquisition, and automation requirements.
• Creating technical proposals, system diagrams, implementation plans, and architecture documentation.
• Designing scalable test solutions that address customer requirements for quality, throughput, reliability, traceability, and cost.
• Collaborating with Keysight product divisions and third-party partners to develop complete customer solutions.
• Leading project execution activities from solution definition through deployment and customer acceptance.
• Developing project plans, schedules, milestones, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Coordinating internal resources, partners, and customer stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Tracking project status, technical issues, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Managing scope, timelines, and customer expectations throughout the implementation process.
• Providing regular project updates to both customer and internal stakeholders.
• Developing, modifying, and supporting test software and automation solutions used within customer environments.
• Creating scripts, test sequences, data acquisition routines, and application workflows required for customer solutions.
• Supporting integration of software applications, databases, and manufacturing systems when required.
• Troubleshooting and resolving software, automation, and system integration issues.
• Contributing to reusable software modules, templates, and best practices that improve project execution efficiency.
• Partnering with account managers to support territory growth objectives.
• Participating throughout the sales cycle from opportunity qualification through technical closure.
• Communicating Keysight's competitive advantages and technical differentiation.
• Supporting RFIs, RFQs, technical reviews, and customer proposal activities.
• Assisting in identifying and developing new opportunities within existing customer accounts.
• Coordinating with application engineers, product divisions, R&D, services teams, and business development resources to address customer requirements.
• Escalating and driving resolution of technical issues impacting strategic opportunities and customer projects.
• Providing customer feedback to influence future product and solution development.
• Developing reusable solution architectures, demonstration assets, software tools, and implementation best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Typically 4-5 years of relevant experience in solutions engineering, applications engineering, test engineering, manufacturing engineering, automation engineering, or related technical fields consistent with the Advanced Solutions Engineer level.
• Experience designing and implementing automated test systems or manufacturing test solutions.
• Strong knowledge of system architecture and integration principles.
• Experience managing technical projects involving multiple stakeholders and deliverables.
• Experience developing software, automation scripts, or test applications.
• Working knowledge of functional test, manufacturing test, or product validation methodologies.
• Ability to independently lead customer technical engagements and project activities.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent Spanish and business-level English proficiency.
• Ability to travel approximately 25-40% throughout Mexico and Latin America.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting automotive, medical device, industrial automation, or electronics manufacturing customers.
• Experience with EMS providers, contract manufacturers, or automotive Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.
• Experience acting as a project manager or technical lead on customer-facing projects.
• Knowledge of automated test equipment (ATE), functional test architectures, and production test methodologies.
• Experience with switching, data acquisition, PXI, power electronics, digital test, RF, wireless, or mixed-signal technologies.
• Programming experience using Python, C#, LabVIEW, TestStand, MATLAB, or similar environments.
• Experience integrating test systems with MES, ERP, traceability, or manufacturing data systems.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies and tools.
• Experience supporting multinational customers operating manufacturing facilities across Latin America.

Company Description

***Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.***