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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.\nOur 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.\nDo 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. \nWhy come work for the ODE R&D team:\nKeysight ODE has been the leader in making high-quality optical software for 50 years. We provide cutting edgesoftware solutions used to design optical systems in consumer electronics, lighting solutions, microlithography,automotive. Many of the well-known digital personal devices we use everydayare designed using our software.\nWe 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\nRemote-eligible role if based in Tucson, AZ; Rochester, NY; or Pasadena, CA.\nResponsibilities\nWe are looking for Senior Software Engineer with CAD/CAM frontend development experience in windows technology who is motivated and operates at a high level of responsibility. The purpose of the position is to provide innovative user-friendly software development solutions while maintaining and expanding scalable architecture for our flagship optical design software. The position requires strong development skills in C++ and Python and necessitates the ability to understand, experiment and drive towards workable software.\nBuilding solutions in C++ for our optical design software tools used by major consumer electronics companies\n\nActively engage with subject experts in solution envisioning and feature development to help lower the adoption threshold of the software\n\nResearch, experiment, advocate and develop enhancements to improve usability and transform UI stack to modern technologies\n\nEmploy state-of-the-art development tools and practices to ensure high-quality and high-performance solutions are delivered to the market efficiently\n\nWork with developers, testers and customer representatives in an agile environment to create software solutions to tackle cutting edge problems\n\nQualifications\nBachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Optics).\n\nStrong software development background (5-10yrs of experience)\n\nMultiple years and deep understanding of the C++ language\n\nProficient in Python\n\nHands-on experience in Frontend Development, User Workflow Design, using technology for windows platform - Qt/QML, .Net, MFC\n\nStrong communication skills for working in team as well as the ability to interface with subject experts to translate technical know-how into product solutions\n\nKnowledge and expertise in any of the following areas is a plus:\nExperience working with large commercial software systems with HPC\n\nLicensing and Installer technology experience\n\nExperience developing CAD applications with strong foundation in 3D geometry and numerical method\n\nDeveloped shippable AI product/solution\n\nCross platform development experience\n\nCareers Privacy Statement\nKeysight Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.\nThe level of role and salary will be based on applicable experience, education and skills; Most offers will be between the minimum and the midpoint of the Salary Range listed below.\nCalifornia Pay Range: MIN $143,050- MAX $238,420\nNote: For other locations, pay ranges will vary by region.\nUS Employees may be eligible for the following benefits:\n- Medical, dental and vision\n- Health Savings Account\n- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts\n- Life, Accident, Disability insurance\n- Business Travel Accident and Business Travel Health\n- 401(k) Plan\n- Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays\n- Paid Family Leave\n- Discounts, Perks\n- Tuition Reimbursement\n- Adoption Assistance\n- ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)\nWe are looking for Senior Software Engineer with CAD/CAM frontend development experience in windows technology who is motivated and operates at a high level of responsibility. The purpose of the position is to provide innovative user-friendly software development solutions while maintaining and expanding scalable architecture for our flagship optical design software. The position requires strong development skills in C++ and Python and necessitates the ability to understand, experiment and drive towards workable software.\nBuilding solutions in C++ for our optical design software tools used by major consumer electronics companies\n\nActively engage with subject experts in solution envisioning and feature development to help lower the adoption threshold of the software\n\nResearch, experiment, advocate and develop enhancements to improve usability and transform UI stack to modern technologies\n\nEmploy state-of-the-art development tools and practices to ensure high-quality and high-performance solutions are delivered to the market efficiently\n\nWork with developers, testers and customer representatives in an agile environment to create software solutions to tackle cutting edge problems\n\nBachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Optics).\n\nStrong software development background (5-10yrs of experience)\n\nMultiple years and deep understanding of the C++ language\n\nProficient in Python\n\nHands-on experience in Frontend Development, User Workflow Design, using technology for windows platform - Qt/QML, .Net, MFC\n\nStrong communication skills for working in team as well as the ability to interface with subject experts to translate technical know-how into product solutions\n\nKnowledge and expertise in any of the following areas is a plus:\nExperience working with large commercial software systems with HPC\n\nLicensing and Installer technology experience\n\nExperience developing CAD applications with strong foundation in 3D geometry and numerical method\n\nDeveloped shippable AI product/solution\n\nCross platform development experience\n\nCareers Privacy Statement\nKeysight Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. 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