Overview
Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.
Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.
Responsibilities
The Precision Meso-scale Technology Center (PMTC) provides the high-precision mechanical solutions that enable Keysight’s industry-leading RF, microwave, mmWave, and 5G/6G solutions in various industries, including AI infrastructure, communications, aerospace & defense, automotive & energy, and semiconductor industries measurement equipment.
Responsibilities:
PMTC is forming a Product Engineering team, and this role is at our Headquarters in Santa Rosa, CA. The Product Engineer owns a mechanical product family end-to-end, and acts as a vital link between the NPI team, process engineering, metrology team, and the Keysight product line. We’re looking for a self‑driven and proactive engineer who takes strong ownership of their work and consistently drives projects to completion. The ideal candidate communicates clearly and effectively, partners well with customers, operations, and cross‑functional engineering teams, and is comfortable facilitating technical discussions among diverse stakeholders. This role requires sound judgment, strong problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to make informed decisions in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment while managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
The primary responsibilities of a PMTC Product Engineer include:
Product-level yield monitoring and improvement
• Own product-family yield end to end: first-pass yield, scrap, rework and cost of poor quality across all process blocks, and work with the process engineering team to implement and monitor SPC on critical-to-quality features.
• Pareto and attack the top losses. Lead cross-process RCCA (8D, DMAIC) when a failure spans more than one block; accept NPI-to-production handoff from Integration Engineering and own yield maturation to target.
Product quality ownership
• Accountable for conformance to drawing, GD&T and customer intent from first article through sustaining production (AS9100 / ISO 9001): lead NCM / MRB disposition and containment, drive CAR / CAPA to closure.
• Initiate and own ER / waiver and deviation requests through approval and provide DFM / inspectability feedback on new drawings and revision changes.
Product support and customer interface
• Be the single point of contact for your product family for Keysight product lines and R&D: technical questions, quality events, recovery plans. Give early, factual notice when yield or quality will affect delivery.
• Own the product-family knowledge and capability. Maintain the knowledge base (critical features, failure modes, approved waivers, lessons learned); own production OSP qualification.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in precision machining or precision mechanical component manufacturing in a product, quality, manufacturing or sustaining engineering role.
• Working command of GD&T and of how machined features are measured (CMM, optical, surface profilometry); you can read a drawing and tell whether the inspection plan can actually prove it.
• Hands-on structured problem solving: 8D, RCCA, DMAIC, FMEA; comfortable with yield and SPC data in Excel, Power BI, Minitab or JMP.
• Customer-facing communication: you have presented quality events, root cause and recovery plans to customers or program managers and kept their confidence.
• Ownership mindset. You drive issues across functions to closure without waiting to be assigned.
Santa Rosa, CA Pay Range: MIN $114,000.00 - MAX $191,000.00
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
This position requires access to certain goods, software, technology, or technical data subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these laws and regulations, U.S. persons (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees) working for Keysight can access export-controlled items without authorization from the U.S. government. For any individual who is not a U.S. person, Keysight may need authorization from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce, or other appropriate federal agency before the individual can access export-controlled items. Employment in this position for non-U.S. persons is contingent on Keysight’s ability to obtain any required government authorizations .
Most offers will be between the minimum and the midpoint of the Salary Range listed above.
Note: For other locations, pay ranges will vary by region
US Employees may be eligible for the following benefits:
• Medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life, Accident, Disability insurance
• Business Travel Accident and Business Travel Health
• 401(k) Plan
• Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Paid Family Leave
• Discounts, Perks
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption Assistance
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
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