Senior Software Engineer, R&D

Keysight Technologies, Inc.•Austin, TX

10h

About The Position

Keysight is at 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. 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. Do you have an eye for clean, intuitive interfaces? Think in terms of user wants and passionate about user experience? Ready to experiment and possess the strong development skills in C++ and physics background needed to transform your design concepts into code? Looking for a culture that highly values developer ideas and provides independence to execute them? If yes, join our multi-disciplined, diverse team of developers, testers, product owners, subject experts and business leaders with varied backgrounds in developing the next generation UI platform for Engineering Applications for Optical Design. Why come work for the ODE R&D team: Keysight ODE has been the leader in making high-quality optical software for 50 years. We provide cutting edge software solutions used to design optical systems in consumer electronics, lighting solutions, microlithography, automotive. Many of the well-known digital personal devices we use everyday are designed using our software. We build on our core values of “People. Passion. Performance.” At ODE you will live a team responsibility process that focuses on win-win solutions as the norm and not the exception, a collaborative working environment with some of the brightest engineers in both the Software and Optics fields, and plentiful opportunities for training, learning and career growth with dedicated mentoring provided by our experienced team members

Requirements

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Optics).
Strong software development background (5-10yrs of experience)
Multiple years and deep understanding of the C++ language
Proficient in Python
Hands-on experience in Frontend Development, User Workflow Design, using technology for windows platform – Qt/QML, .Net, MFC
Strong communication skills for working in team as well as the ability to interface with subject experts to translate technical know-how into product solutions

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and expertise in any of the following areas is a plus:
Experience working with large commercial software systems with HPC
Licensing and Installer technology experience
Experience developing CAD applications with strong foundation in 3D geometry and numerical method
Developed shippable AI product/solution
Cross platform development experience

Responsibilities

Building solutions in C++ for our optical design software tools used by major consumer electronics companies
Actively engage with subject experts in solution envisioning and feature development to help lower the adoption threshold of the software
Research, experiment, advocate and develop enhancements to improve usability and transform UI stack to modern technologies
Employ state-of-the-art development tools and practices to ensure high-quality and high-performance solutions are delivered to the market efficiently
Work with developers, testers and customer representatives in an agile environment to create software solutions to tackle cutting edge problems