Product Marketing Engr - AI Infra Lead

Keysight is on the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 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.

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AI workloads are transforming data center infrastructure, creating new challenges in high-speed interconnect interoperability and measurement. To meet this demand, the AI Infrastructure Solution Team is expanding-and we're seeking a dynamic and experienced Product Marketing Engineer to lead our strategy for physical layer test solutions in AI data centers. In this expert-level role, you'll shape our test portfolio and guide a team of planners focused on next-generation electrical and optical measurements using our industry-leading oscilloscopes, BERTs, and interconnect test equipment.

As the ideal candidate, you are a strategic thinker who excels at navigating complexity, aligning cross-functional teams, and driving decisions that balance technical insight with business impact. Your ability to lead discussions across diverse perspectives and bring clarity to evolving needs will be critical to our success in this rapidly growing market.

As a Segment Lead, you will shape the direction of Keysight's AI Interconnect solutions portfolio-balancing strategic foresight with hands-on solution definition. You'll collaborate across business groups, influence product development, and serve as a trusted subject matter expert both internally and externally.

• Market Intelligence & Opportunity Mapping: Monitor industry trends and identify emerging opportunities within the hyperscale ecosystem to inform strategic investments.
• Portfolio Roadmap Leadership: Align planners across business groups to ensure portfolio cohesion, while identifying areas for innovation to sustain market leadership.
• Thought Leadership & Messaging: Serve as a recognized subject matter expert by contributing to outbound marketing-developing positioning, delivering webinars, participating in industry events, and authoring web and technical content.
• Field Enablement: Equip global field teams with messaging, use-case guidance, and training to drive solution adoption and engagement.

• Test Solution Ownership: Define and drive IEEE/OIF Rx conformance test solutions from concept through launch, ensuring technical excellence and market relevance.
• Customer Discovery & Co-Innovation: Engage with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners to understand evolving needs and develop differentiated, high-value solutions.
• Requirements Leadership: Lead collaborative efforts to gather requirements, validate concepts through experimentation, and influence R&D priorities.

• Team Guidance & Influence: Provide technical and strategic direction to a small team of planners, driving alignment and focus without direct authority.
• Decision Facilitation: Navigate diverse perspectives and lead teams toward actionable, unified strategies through strong communication and structured decision-making.
• Stakeholder Interface: Serve as a key interface between customers, R&D, sales, and business leadership-ensuring product direction aligns with evolving market dynamics and customer priorities.

• Application Expertise: Act as the primary application expert for N4917 Optical Stress Receiver and IEEE/OIF Rx test applications, providing pre-sales technical support and insights.
• Standards & Measurement Science: Represent Keysight's technical leadership through conference presentations, standards contributions, and customer education materials.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in product marketing, product planning, or solution engineering - ideally in high-speed digital, optical
• Strong understanding of physical layer testing methodologies (Rx conformance, BER testing, jitter/timing analysis).
• Proven ability to conduct in-depth interviews with customers to explore problem spaces and define new, innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated engineering skills in prior roles, particularly in test and measurement.
• Demonstrated skill and sustained interest in two or more of the disciplines listed below:
  • Test and Measurement instrumentation usage (Oscilloscope, Network Analyzer, Bit-Error Rate Tester, Optical Test Equipment, etc.)
  • Optical and/or electrical data signal generation and receiver technology.
  • Optical and/or electrical data transmission systems.
• Exceptional organizational, written, and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to work with a diverse global team from many cultures and effectively lead discussions to align diverse viewpoints and finalize strategy.

Desired:

• A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent engineering major in optical systems & design with 10+ years of experience.
• Understanding of Test and Measurement equipment Theory of Operation, and familiarity with Keysight platforms (e.g., UXR, M8050, M8199, DCA).
• Evidence of ability to use business acumen to balance tradeoffs in measurement science development risk, market need timeline, and creation of sustained differentiating value from unique measurement capabilities.
• Knowledge of modulation formats (e.g., PAM4, NRZ), linear drive optics, or co-packaged optics
• Experience with the whole product lifecycle (proof of concept, design, prototype, verification, qualification, release).
• Demonstrated experience in marketing or product management directly with Hyperscaler Cloud Service Providers as primary customers or within their supply chains.
• Experience participating in industry standards working groups (IEEE, OIF, etc.).

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