Software Engineer Modern C++ - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 4, United States
Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves building the foundational software for Keysight's instruments, creating a software platform that product teams worldwide utilize.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ software for hardware control, data acquisition, and scalable platform capabilities.
- Build reusable infrastructure that delivers consistent capabilities across multiple Keysight products.
- Integrate hardware and software components, and perform system-level integration, testing, and validation.
- Debug issues across the full stack, from device registers and drivers to application software.
- Collaborate with distributed engineering teams across the full development lifecycle, from design through production readiness.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional experience developing hardware control or hardware-adjacent software.
- Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++20), object-oriented design, and software architecture principles.
- Solid understanding of driver and real-time processing architectures.
- Demonstrated ability to debug across multiple layers of the stack, from device registers to application software, using modern debugging and profiling tools.
- Software development experience in Linux and/or Windows environments.
Nice to have
- Experience with multithreaded, high-performance software design.
- Embedded Linux development experience.
- Proficiency in Python or C#.
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Familiarity with electronic test and measurement systems and instrument architectures.
Skills: C++, hardware control, data acquisition, driver architectures, system-level integration, Linux
This role has been open 16 days — well below the 59-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
683
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (683 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 683 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 152 | 6035 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 12 d | 59 d (−47 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: C++, hardware control, data acquisition, driver architectures, system-level integration, Linux
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 169 open roles · median 74 d
- NVIDIA · 128 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 50 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 73 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 45 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 107 d
How we counted: 683 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 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 — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.