R&D Software Engineer -- Modern C++ / Instrument Infrastructure
Keysight Technologies · Barcelona, Spain · R&D
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Responsibilities
Join an elite team of innovators driving cutting-edge technology in our instrument infrastructure group! As a critical component of Keysight Laboratories, our team develops groundbreaking instrument infrastructure that powers Keysight's global development ecosystem.
You will help research, design, implement, integrate, and validate infrastructure technologies used across next-generation test and measurement systems. The work spans multiple layers of the system, from low-level hardware interfaces and drivers to application-level software, ensuring reliable, high-performance operation of instrument platforms.
You will collaborate closely with product architects and distributed engineering teams across Barcelona, the United States, and other global locations to advance reusable infrastructure technologies supporting multiple Keysight products.
You will be part of a growing and dynamic R&D team located in Barcelona that works closely with colleagues in the USA and other countries around the world. We are looking for a talented, motivated, and experienced software engineer to create value for Keysight through technology innovation in a fast-growing test and measurement market.
Qualifications
Collaborate with product architects to define and refine infrastructure software requirements and system architecture supporting next-generation instrument platforms.
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Modern C++ software enabling hardware control, data acquisition, and scalable instrument platform capabilities.
Develop reusable infrastructure technologies that support multiple Keysight products and enable consistent platform capabilities across systems.
Integrate hardware and software components to ensure reliable, high-performance operation of complex instrument systems.
Perform system-level integration, testing, and validation of instrument infrastructure technologies.
Debug and troubleshoot issues across the full software stack, including register-level interfaces, drivers, and application-level software.
Collaborate with distributed engineering teams and contribute to the full software development lifecycle, including development, testing, integration, and production readiness.
Must Qualifications
University degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
Strong experience with Modern C++, object-oriented programming, and modern software architecture principles.
Several years of experience developing hardware control or hardware-adjacent software.
Experience working with modern I/O architectures and streaming interfaces, particularly PCIe and high-speed Ethernet, with a solid understanding of driver and real-time processing architectures.
Experience debugging issues across multiple layers of the software stack, from device registers to application software.
Software development experience in Linux and/or Windows environments.
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