Product Engineering Manager - Mechanical

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The Precision Meso-scale Technology Center (PMTC) provides the high-precision mechanical solutions that enable Keysight’s industry-leading RF, microwave, mmWave, and 5G/6G solutions in various industries, including AI infrastructure, communications, aerospace & defense, automotive & energy, and semiconductor measurement equipment.

Responsibilities:

PMTC is forming a Product Engineering team, and this role is at our Headquarters in Santa Rosa, CA. The Product Engineering Manager builds and leads a team of Product Engineers, each of whom owns a mechanical product family end-to-end, and is accountable for the team’s results in product-level yield, product quality and customer support across PMTC. We’re looking for an accomplished, hands-on leader who sets a clear direction, develops people, and consistently drives results. The ideal candidate communicates clearly and effectively, partners well with Keysight product lines, operations, process engineering, and cross‑functional engineering teams, and is comfortable facilitating technical discussions and resolving priority conflicts among diverse stakeholders. This role requires sound judgment, strong problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to make informed decisions in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment while managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.

The primary responsibilities of a PMTC Product Engineering Manager include:

Team leadership and development

• Hire, coach and develop a team of Product Engineers; set clear goals and performance expectations, and assign product families by volume, complexity and yield risk.
• Define how Product Engineering works with Process Engineering and Integration Engineering: ownership boundaries, NPI-to-production handoff exit criteria, and escalation paths.

Product-level yield and quality

• Own yield and cost-of-poor-quality targets across all product families: first-pass yield, scrap, rework and cost of poor quality. Review top losses with the team, and make sure cross-process RCCA (8D, DMAIC) is led to closure when a failure spans more than one process block.
• Ensure product conformance to drawing, GD&T and customer intent (AS9100 / ISO 9001): consistent NCM / MRB disposition, CAR / CAPA closure, ER / waiver and deviation governance, and SPC on critical-to-quality features in partnership with process engineering.

Customer interface and cross-functional leadership

• Be the escalation point for Keysight product lines and R&D on quality events, recovery plans and delivery risk. Make sure Product Engineers give early, factual notice when yield or quality will affect delivery.
• Partner with operations, process engineering, integration engineering and metrology to prioritize across competing demands and to balance yield recovery, delivery and cost.

Capability and continuous improvement

• Build product-family knowledge and capability: critical features, failure modes, approved waivers and lessons learned; set the standard for production OSP qualification.
• Provide DFM / inspectability feedback to Keysight R&D on new drawings and revision changes, and report team results and risks to PMTC leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in precision machining or precision mechanical component manufacturing in a product, quality, manufacturing or sustaining engineering role, including 3+ years leading engineers or technical teams.
• Proven ability to hire, develop and retain engineers, set priorities, and hold a team accountable for results.
• Working command of GD&T and of how machined features are measured (CMM, optical, surface profilometry); you can read a drawing and tell whether the inspection plan can actually prove it.
• Hands-on structured problem solving: 8D, RCCA, DMAIC, FMEA; comfortable using yield and SPC data in Excel, Power BI, Minitab or JMP to set priorities.
• Customer-facing communication: you have presented quality events, root cause and recovery plans to customers, program managers or senior leaders and kept their confidence.
• Ownership mindset. You drive issues across functions to closure and expect the same of your team.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

Santa Rosa, CA Pay Range: MIN $163,000.00 - MAX $273,000.00

This position requires access to certain goods, software, technology, or technical data subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these laws and regulations, U.S. persons (which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees) working for Keysight can access export-controlled items without authorization from the U.S. government. For any individual who is not a U.S. person, Keysight may need authorization from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Commerce, or other appropriate federal agency before the individual can access export-controlled items. Employment in this position for non-U.S. persons is contingent on Keysight’s ability to obtain any required government authorizations .

Most offers will be between the minimum and the midpoint of the Salary Range listed above.

Note: For other locations, pay ranges will vary by region

US Employees may be eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision
• Health Savings Account
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life, Accident, Disability insurance
• Business Travel Accident and Business Travel Health
• 401(k) Plan
• Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Paid Family Leave
• Discounts, Perks
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption Assistance
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

***Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.***