Solutions Engineer (Recent Graduate) - US-IL-Arlington Heights, United States
$116,480 - $194,130 USD yearly
Originally posted 8 September 2026 by the employer — open 9 days.
About the role
This role involves working with customers to address their measurement challenges in high-speed digital and optical technologies. The focus includes application areas such as PCI Express, CXL, USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, IEEE, OIF, LPO standards, silicon photonics, DDR memory, 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 using 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 internal teams, including account management, marketing, industry solution planning, R&D, and services.
What you'll need
- BS by summer 2026 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.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Effective presentation and problem-solving skills.
Skills: high-speed digital, optical technologies, customer measurement challenges, PCI Express, silicon photonics, DDR memory
This role has been open 8 days — well below the 50-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
74
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Median days open
50 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 (74 roles · 23 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 74 |
| Median days open | 20 d | 50 d (−30 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $183k |
Skills observed across this category: high-speed digital, optical technologies, customer measurement challenges, PCI Express, silicon photonics, DDR memory
Who's hiring in this category
- Astera Labs · 13 open roles · median 92 d
- Synopsys · 13 open roles · median 2 d
- Keysight Technologies (this employer) · 6 open roles · median 20 d
- Microchip Technology · 6 open roles · median 65 d
- Qualcomm · 6 open roles · median 91 d
- Broadcom · 3 open roles · median 58 d
How we counted: 74 open Applications FAE (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 23 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 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.