Principal Technical Strategist and Architect – Electronic Warfare

Keysight Technologies, Inc.•Santa Rosa, CA

About The Position

The Principal Technical Strategist and Architect is a senior technical leader and subject matter expert supporting Keysight’s Electronic Warfare (EW) business. The role connects long-term product strategy, system architecture, technical leadership, customer requirements, and organizational knowledge transfer. The incumbent designs and specifies products, components, and systems; solves complex, high-impact design and development problems, including customer application issues; and advises group- and business-level managers on new product, process, and service strategies. The position leads high-impact, long-range strategic initiatives, establishes engineering practices and standards, and develops future technical leaders. The role leads product planning for strategic EW programs and develops technology and product roadmaps aligned with customer and market requirements. It shapes the architecture of next-generation EW source products and stimulation systems, translates operational needs into product definitions and technical requirements, and guides system-level tradeoffs and implementation strategies. It also supports development programs through requirements definition, product structure development, technical planning, expertise in firmware, calibration, and technical problem resolution, and transition of designs and enhancements to production and delivery. As a recognized expert in EW systems, signal generation technologies, and source architectures, the position advises engineering teams on complex technical issues and customer-specific solutions, helps address development risks on critical customer opportunities, and promotes Keysight engineering practices and standards. It mentors engineers and architects, transfers technical knowledge, and supports succession planning to reduce reliance on concentrated expert knowledge.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, university degree, or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; a post-graduate degree, certification, or license may be required.
12+ years of relevant experience in hardware, firmware/embedded software, or systems engineering, including extensive experience in electronic warfare, RF/microwave signal generation, or related test and measurement solutions.
In-depth expertise in EW systems, signal generation technologies, source architectures, and EW threat simulation.
Strong systems architecture skills, including defining system-level tradeoffs, assessing technical feasibility, and translating customer applications into product requirements and specifications.
Working knowledge of ASIC and stimulation architecture development, firmware and embedded software development, and calibration algorithms and systems.
Experience with design, requirements, and architecture reviews, and validating design concepts and methods against specifications.
Ability to build market and financial models supporting product strategy and investment decisions.
Proven record of leading high-impact, long-range strategic projects and initiatives and initiating innovative design and development concepts.
Recognized internally as a technical authority in the specialty, with a business need for this level of expertise.
Ability to act as a technical and business consultant to group- and business-level managers on new product, process, and service strategies.
Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers and architects, and to support succession planning and knowledge transfer.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work across engineering, product management, and customer-facing teams and resolve technical issues on critical customer opportunities.

Responsibilities

Lead product planning for strategic EW programs and develop long-range technology and product roadmaps aligned with customer and market requirements.
Evaluate future product concepts and define technical directions for next-generation solutions.
Support business and technology investment decisions through market and financial modeling.
Define and influence architectures for next-generation EW source products and stimulation systems, initiating innovative design and development concepts.
Translate customer operational needs and EW application requirements into product definitions and technical requirements.
Guide system-level tradeoffs, technical feasibility, and implementation strategies; document research and design specifications.
Participate in architecture, design, and ASIC reviews and other technical decision-making forums.
Support engineering development programs through requirements definition, product structure development, and technical planning.
Provide expertise on firmware development, calibration systems, and technical problem resolution.
Participate in cross-functional core teams and technical forums for strategic programs, and help transition product designs and enhancements to production and delivery.
Advise engineering teams on complex technical issues and customer-specific solutions across product and technology domains.
Help resolve technical challenges and development risks on critical customer opportunities.
Set and promote Keysight engineering practices and standards.
Mentor and develop future technical leaders and successors, coaching engineers and architects in product definition, systems thinking, and EW application understanding.
Transfer critical technical knowledge and support succession planning to reduce concentration of expert knowledge and technical risk.
Lead high-impact, long-range strategic initiatives; provide senior technical and business consulting; and influence the technical direction of next-generation products.