Senior Solutions Engineer - US-CA-Santa Clara-Bldg 4-Keysi, United States
$215,180 - $358,630 USD yearly
Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on designing and delivering technical solutions for AI/ML data center networking.
About the role
This role is integral to designing and delivering sophisticated technical solutions across Keysight's Network and Application/Security (NAS) test portfolio, with deep expertise in AI/ML data center networking.
What you'll do
- Serve as the lead technical authority and craft advanced technical solutions for Keysight's product and service portfolio, including AI data center test solutions.
- Lead design and consultation sessions with prospective clients, showcasing expertise in protocols and driving the solution discussion.
- Lead customer validation of AI/ML back-end network fabrics, including RoCEv2/RDMA performance, lossless Ethernet behavior (PFC, ECN, DCQCN), and congestion control for large-scale GPU cluster training and inference workloads.
- Tailor solutions to meet customer needs, capitalizing on knowledge of networking, routing, and AI data center fabric protocols.
- Develop product demonstrations and customer training materials.
- Leverage Python automation for enhanced efficiency and rapid prototyping, with a solid understanding of the overall QA automation framework.
What you'll need
- A background equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
- 8+ years in customer-facing engineering roles, with pre-sales roles strongly preferred.
- Expert proficiency with IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and TCP/IP internetworking.
- Working experience with modern data center and backbone architectures and protocols: CLOS, Leaf/Spine, VxLAN, EVPN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, Segment Routing.
- Advanced Python automation/scripting experience with REST APIs.
- Extensive hands-on experience with traffic generation / network test equipment.
- Demonstrated expertise in AI/ML data center networking, including RoCEv2/RDMA, lossless Ethernet, and congestion control mechanisms (PFC/ECN/DCQCN), with hands-on experience validating GPU cluster fabrics, rail-optimized CLOS designs, and AI workload traffic patterns (e.g., collective communication such as NCCL).
Nice to have
- Expert-level network certification such as CCIE or equivalent (e.g., Juniper JNCIE).
- Working experience with Ixia test products.
- Experience with virtualization stacks (KVM/Open vSwitch, VMware/NSX) and containerization (Docker, K8s).
- Working knowledge of public clouds (AWS, GCP).
- Hands-on experience with AI network test/validation solutions such as Keysight KAI (Keysight AI) Data Center Builder, with working knowledge of Ultra Ethernet (UEC) and InfiniBand as fabric alternatives.
Skills: AI/ML data center networking, RoCEv2/RDMA, lossless Ethernet, Python automation, network test equipment, customer validation
This role has been open 42 days — below the 49-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
81
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$173k
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| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (81 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 81 |
| Median days open | 16 d | 49 d (−33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $173k |
Skills observed across this category: AI/ML data center networking, RoCEv2/RDMA, lossless Ethernet, Python automation, network test equipment, customer validation
Who's hiring in this category
- Microchip Technology · 11 open roles · median 64 d
- Qualcomm · 11 open roles · median 78 d
- Keysight Technologies (this employer) · 10 open roles · median 15 d
- NVIDIA · 10 open roles · median 23 d
- AMD · 7 open roles · median 37 d
- Infineon Technologies · 6 open roles · median 53 d
How we counted: 81 open Applications FAE (Systems Software) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.