Principal AI Engineer; Software & AI Labs

Overview

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.

• Guiding safe adoption of AI Tools and applications.
• Benchmarking commercial models and industry patterns for software engineering and guiding SAL to make the right decisions for Keysight’s engineering teams.
• Developing Agentic/RAG solutions for developer workflows and Dev Sec Ops  Processes with an objective to radically evolve Keysight’s SDLC.
• Using data‑driven indicators from Software Engineering Intelligence (SEI) platform to help SAL codify best practices and quantify AI’s impacts on Keysight’s development velocity.
• Driving enablement via enterprise forums/guilds and playbooks to scale AI across teams.
• Ensuring policy‑aligned, secure, and compliant AI usage across SDLC (e.g., ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, SOC2, OWASP API Security).

To be successful, the role requires an engineering mindset to manage, design, and execute on the following 4 pillars:

• Lead technical evaluations and rollouts of AI tools for the enterprise and work with partners to define adoption of roadmaps and guardrails.
• Design high‑impact solution patterns (prompt libraries, RAG architectures, agent workflows) for planning, coding, testing, documentation – with a goal to improve productivity.
• Build reference implementations and “golden paths” that integrate AI with SSF tool chains.
• Evaluate upcoming AI technology concepts (MCP, Agentic AI) and guide Software Engineering teams to safe adoption.

• Architect end‑to‑end AI solutions that bridge or span on‑prem, cloud, or VPC resources; optimize solutions for faster cadence, lower cost, and greater developer experience.
• Partner with Central Engineering team to embed AI into planning, testing, documentation, CI/CD, and release processes.

• Translate corporate AI governance into developer‑friendly approaches: data handling, prompt safety, model access tiers, and vendor usage rules.
• Align practices broadly to concepts as defined in ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management systems), NIST AI RMF, SOC 2 controls, and OWASP API Security within SAL’s Secure Software Factory (SSF) context.

• Evaluate and manage vendor relationships, set up pilot partnering with businesses and IT, benchmarking, and compliance obligations.
• Engage with engineering leaders, IT, and adjacent business units to coordinate rollouts and validation sessions.
• Provide concise executive updates and decision briefs on adoption, impact, and risks.

Education

• Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science, electrical/electronic engineering, or related field; advanced ML/AI coursework or certifications preferred.

Must Have

• Experience:
  
  8–12 years in Software engineering with either academic degree or interest in AI/ML, with experience in applying modern AI capabilities (LLMs, RAG, agents) to developer workflows at scale.

OR

• 5–8 years in software engineering with demonstrated experience in applying modern AI capabilities (LLMs, RAG, agents) to developer workflows at scale.
• Technical depth, functional experience in one or more of the following:
• LLMs & orchestration (prompting, tooling, evaluation, safety); agent frameworks; retrieval pipelines.
• Toolchain fluency:
  Dev Sec Ops  tools.
• Neural Networks, Machine learning, MLOps.
• Data engineering for AI use cases (extract‑transform‑Load (ETL); embeddings, vector stores), and ML Ops practices.
• Security & compliance:
  Working knowledge of Security; experience in implementing practical security controls for developer teams.
• Communication & leadership:
  Strong ability to drive change, run enablement programs, and influence stakeholders across global teams.

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance…