AI R&D Engineer (SDLC Acceleration)
Keysight Technologies
- Location
- Santa Rosa, California
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- Salary
- $129.4k/yr
- H-1B history
- 26 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- 2h ago
Skills
About this role
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. We have an opportunity for AI R&D Engineer for SDLC Acceleration : D esign, build, and integrate AI‑powered applications and services that accelerate software delivery and developer experience. T urn problem statements into production‑grade solutions (LLM‑assisted features, RAG/agent workflows, AI‑augmented test automation) - ensure secure, compliant use of AI across the SDLC . Enable Agentic worklows: Use commercial AI tooling for inducting Agentic AI into Keysight’s Software Engine ering and R&D functions .
Responsibilities
AI Application Development Partner with IT to drive delivery of new feature s to internal function s to accelerate SDLC phases. Combine classical ML, retrieval/agent patterns and leverage LLM capabilities to deliver robust APIs, microservices, and frontends. Create “golden‑path” reference components for common scenarios (code assistance , documentation summarization, knowledge search, test plan generation). Demonstrate and produce agentic workflows for security scanning, remediation , and pipeline automation . Platform & Integration Integrate solutions for central tools ( Jira , Bitbucket, C onfluence, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, VMware, Cloud B ees CI/CD etc .) . Collaborate with Secure Software Factory (SSF) and Product Security Applications teams to fold AI features into standard SDLC workflows. Engineering Intelligence & Telemetry (SEI) Help set up telemetry endpoints and b uild dashboards/reports that gather adoption and utilization data and capture real - time value benefits of AI tools . Quality, Test & Reliability Design test strategies for AI features (unit, integration, adversarial, model‑in‑the‑loop); apply Human and AI‑assisted testing and demonstrate self‑healing approaches where suitable. Security, Privacy & Compliance Translate corporate AI governance into developer - friendly approaches: data handling, prompt safety, model access tiers, applying vendor usage rules. Collaboration & Enablement Partner with guilds/forums (NPC, enablement sessions) to share best practices, reusable assets, and developer training content. C oordinat e on releases with IT to ensure new feature s are tested and enabled for Keysight’s Software Engineer ing community .
Qualifications
Education Bachelor’s or master's in computer science , e lectrical / e lectronic e ngineering , or related field; advanced ML/AI coursework or certifications preferred. Must Have Experience: 4-8 years in Computer / Software engineering (backend/frontend) with hands‑on AI/ML application development or integration; internships/projects count toward demonstrable capability . Programming: Proficiency in Python and C#/Jav aScript/TypeScript ; strong API design (REST/ GraphQL ), microservices. AI/ML: Practical experience with LLM tooling (prompting, evaluation, safety), RAG (embeddings/vector stores), and at least one framework ( PyTorch , TensorFlow ). Cloud & DevOps: Experience on Azure (preferred) or AWS CI/CD, containers (Docker/K8s), observability (logs/metrics/traces). Toolchain: Bitbucket, GitHub, Jira/Confluence, Artifactory, Microsoft 365; familiarity with GitHub Copilot and M365 Copilot