6G Product Planner
About The Position
This role is for a senior technical leader responsible for driving innovation and influence in shaping the product strategy and roadmap for next-generation wireless protocol test solutions for 6G. The focus areas include AI, Agentic AI, and other forward-looking technologies. The position requires technology foresight, understanding of industry trends, and market-driven product planning to ensure industry-leading test and measurement offerings. Keysight is a leader in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization, serving various markets including communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor. The company has approximately 16,800 employees and operates in over 100 countries. Keysight fosters an award-winning culture that embraces a bold vision for technology and a passion for solving challenging problems with industry-first solutions, believing that a sense of belonging fosters creativity and innovation.
Requirements
- Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in wireless communications.
- Strong focus on 3GPP standardization contributions.
- Experience in wireless protocol development or testing.
- Experience in product planning or technical product management.
- Deep knowledge of the 5G NR protocol stack (RRC, MAC, PHY interactions).
- Deep knowledge of leading 6G technology candidates and trends.
- Deep knowledge of LTE and legacy technologies.
- Deep knowledge of Core network signaling (5GC, EPC).
- Strong understanding of conformance and interoperability testing.
- Strong understanding of test methodologies and automation.
- Familiarity with network simulators, protocol analyzers, and lab test systems.
- Ability to connect standards evolution to commercial product opportunities.
- Strong analytical skills for market and competitive analysis.
- Experience defining product requirements and influencing roadmap decisions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to influence without authority across global teams.
- Strong industry presence and credibility.
Nice To Haves
- Active rapporteur or leadership role within 3GPP.
- Experience with 5G-Advanced or early 6G research.
- Background in the test and measurement industry.
- Exposure to business strategy frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Cultivate a broad perspective of industry trends, looking 3-5 years ahead, and translate these insights into a comprehensive product strategy.
- Influence the product roadmap for wireless protocol test platforms, covering UE, network, and core testing.
- Partner with R&D to prioritize features based on technical feasibility and business impact.
- Translate technology priorities into specific technical requirements.
- Provide system-level architecture guidance for protocol test solutions.
- Ensure product alignment with evolving wireless technologies and deployments.
- Drive innovation in AI-native workflows for protocol validation, network optimization, and related areas, for both commercial solutions and internal toolchains.
- Drive innovation in protocol emulation and simulation.
- Drive innovation in end-to-end network testing.
- Drive innovation in cloud-native and virtualized test solutions.
- Contribute to patents, whitepapers, and technical publications.
- Collaborate with R&D on feature definition and implementation.
- Collaborate with Marketing on positioning and messaging.
- Collaborate with Sales on customer engagement and solution support.
- Mentor senior engineers and serve as a technical authority within the organization.
- Support key customer engagements with in-depth technical insights.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
