Solutions Engineer (Recent Graduate) - US-CA-Santa Clara-Bldg 4-Keysi, United States
$137,190 - $228,650 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Solutions Engineer, you will join Keysight's Field Sales team to understand customer measurement challenges, demonstrate Keysight’s solutions, and enable customer success in high-speed digital and optical technologies. This role focuses on PCI Express, CXL, USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, IEEE, OIF, LPO standards, silicon photonics, DDR memory design and test, and MIPI D/M/C-PHY.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain expertise in high-speed digital and optical products including oscilloscopes, bit error rate testers, arbitrary waveform generators, protocol analyzers, and optical component test solutions.
- Translate customer measurement or application requirements into solutions built around Keysight hardware and software products.
- Plan and deliver complex demonstrations of test solutions to customers at their site.
- Create and present technical presentations and demos at seminars, on-site customer events, and trade shows.
- Act as the customer voice to influence future product design and development decisions.
- Collaborate on projects with stakeholders from various internal teams including account management, marketing, industry solution planning, R&D, and services.
What you'll need
- BS by summer 2027 (MS preferred) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- Strong understanding of high-speed digital measurement applications and/or optical communications interfaces with an emphasis on physical layer AI infrastructure technologies.
- Familiarity with programming languages such as C#, C, Python, and/or MATLAB.
- Capable of driving a company vehicle and transporting test equipment to/from customer sites.
Skills: high-speed digital, optical technologies, customer measurement challenges, demonstrate solutions, PCI Express, optical transceivers
This role has been open 47 days — well below the 57-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
89
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Median days open
57 d
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Median salary
$183k
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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 (89 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 89 |
| Median days open | 43 d | 57 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $183k |
Skills observed across this category: high-speed digital, optical technologies, customer measurement challenges, demonstrate solutions, PCI Express, optical transceivers
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys · 17 open roles · median 29 d
- Astera Labs · 16 open roles · median 61 d
- Keysight Technologies (this employer) · 9 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 67 d
- Microchip Technology · 6 open roles · median 43 d
- Marvell Technology · 5 open roles · median 173 d
How we counted: 89 open Applications FAE (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.