Product Application Engineer

Senior Applications Engineer

Ethernet Validation & Test Solutions

Location: Bangalore, India

About the Role

Tektronix is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer to support industry-leading Ethernet validation and test solutions across all Ethernet speeds, from legacy standards through 800G and beyond.

This position will serve as a global technical resource working directly with customers, field teams, product management, and engineering to solve the industry's most demanding networking and high-speed communication challenges. The successful candidate will become a recognized subject matter expert in Ethernet test and measurement methodologies while helping drive the future direction of Tektronix networking solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical leader for Ethernet validation, debug, compliance, and interoperability applications.
• Support customers developing next-generation networking, telecommunications, datacenter, storage, and AI infrastructure products.
• Independently resolve complex customer technical issues involving Ethernet physical layer measurements, signaling integrity, compliance, and protocol analysis.
• Conduct customer demonstrations, evaluations, workshops, and technical deep-dive sessions.
• Develop technical content including application notes, training materials, videos, reference workflows, and customer presentations.
• Partner with sales and marketing teams to identify and develop new business opportunities.
• Support product launches, release readiness, beta programs, and customer adoption initiatives.
• Analyze industry standards and technology trends to identify future customer requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve product performance, usability, and customer workflows.
• Provide technical mentorship and contribute to organizational knowledge sharing across the global Applications Engineering team.
• Represent Tektronix at industry events, standards organizations, consortium activities, and customer meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of industry experience in networking, Ethernet design, validation, test engineering, or applications engineering.
• Strong knowledge of Ethernet technologies, including:
  • 10G, 25G, 50G, 100G, 200G, 400G, and emerging 800G standards
  • PAM4 signaling
  • Ethernet compliance methodologies
  • Optical and electrical Ethernet interfaces
• Strong understanding of:
  • High-speed signal integrity
  • Oscilloscope-based measurements
  • Eye diagrams and jitter analysis
  • Channel characterization and debugging
• Excellent communication and customer engagement skills.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams and customer locations.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ethernet compliance standards and interoperability testing.
• Familiarity with IEEE Ethernet standards development.
• Knowledge of optical communications, SerDes architectures, and datacenter networking technologies.
• Experience with BERT solutions, protocol analysis tools, and automated test software.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.