Aerospace and Defense Solution Architect, Expert

The main responsibility of the A/D Solution Architect role is to collect customer requirements and translate those to implementable, differentiated, solution using Keysight’s measurement technology in combination with bespoke development and/or inclusion of commercially available components. You will be expected to engage at deal qualification/pre-sale stage of customer engagement and engage with our customer and Keysight teams to build customer deliverable proposals and to lead the delivery of those proposals to complete customer satisfaction by owning the completion of pre-defined solution acceptance criteria. In this process you will be the central person between customer and relevant Keysight teams and when relevant with external suppliers.

Your main responsibility is to design test solutions addressing the requirements of modern systems for the Aerospace and Defense market in India, and where necessary, beyond. Amongst others this includes test systems for RADAR, Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, Satellite Communication, as well as systems for military secure communications and cybersecurity verification and test.

The position requires international cooperation with Keysight field and R&D colleagues world-wide, as part of an international team focused on solutions acquisition and development.

To qualify for this job, the candidate should have 5+ years of customer-facing experience and shall meet the following requirements:

Education

• • Master degree in any of the following disciplines or equivalent:
  • • Electronic Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Physics

Technical Skills

• • Up to date knowledge of Aerospace and Defense technologies and applications:
  • • RADAR
    • Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations
    • Space and Satellite
    • Secure Communications and Cybersecurity
    • Spectrum Monitoring and Signal Analysis
  • Experience with RF test systems and technologies.
  • Experience in designing complex test solutions.
  • Experience in Software Development with Matlab, C#, C++, Python.
  • Some experience with simulation and correlation of simulation to measurement.

Soft skills

• • Fluent in English
  • Excellent communication skills (cross hierarchy, cultural, multi modal)
  • Excellent negotiation skills, ability to formulate trade-off criteria (technical – commercial)
  • Comfortable presenting to larger audiences
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% (domestic and international)

Experience

• • Relevant experience in RADAR and Electronic Warfare, Signal Processing and communications.
  • Minimum of five years in a technical, customer facing role.

Considerations

• • Test and verification experience, and/or senior level design validation / verification.
  • Not necessarily from Test & Measurement background.
  • Experience in definition and delivery of Statement of Work type consultancy projects.

Personality

• • Inquisitive, curious.
  • Team player.
  • Self-motivated.