Design Engineering Software (DES)

Next-level productivity and excellence for increasingly complex electronic design automation innovation.

Driving Innovation Through Unified Design Engineering Software


In today’s increasingly connected innovation landscape—where RF and mixed-signal electronics, mechatronics, optics, multiphysics, and software intersect—leadership belongs to those who can design and validate seamlessly across disciplines.

Keysight redefines what’s possible by closing the loop between simulation and measurement, enabling engineers to act sooner, reduce risk, and conquer complexity. Whether it's autonomous mobility, photonics, or high-speed computing, we help bring breakthrough technologies to life—right the first time.

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Integrated Software Portfolio
Keysight’s integrated DES software portfolio unifies Engineering Design Automation, Engineering Data Management, Software Quality Engineering, Computer Aided Engineering, and Optical Design Engineering—supporting open, multiphysics workflows from concept through to validation.
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Empowered Engineering
Built on decades of measurement science and material expertise, our tools deliver unparalleled precision and confidence, empowering you to design, simulate, and optimize faster. The result: accelerated development, streamlined workflows, and first-pass success.

Keysight's Open Design Engineering Software Ecosystem

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Discover how Keysight's open ecosystem enables seamless integration, scalability, and smarter design workflows—helping you innovate faster and collaborate more effectively across your engineering projects.

Engineering Design Automation (EDA)

Speed up your way to verified, first-pass electronic design

Achieve first-pass design success with next-generation Keysight EDA tools built for RF, 5G/6G, and high-speed digital printed circuit boards (PCB) design. Backed by 40 years of design success, validated Process Design Kits (PDKs), trusted models, and rich component libraries, you can streamline every stage—from schematic to verification—with unmatched precision and confidence before you build.

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Engineering Data Management (EDM)

Build a foundation for AI ready design

Keysight’s Data and IP Management solutions, built on the Cliosoft heritage, transform scattered design files into structured, secure, and contextualized data — enabling intelligent IP reuse, fast collaboration across sites, and seamless EDA tool integration. Whether you’re syncing teams globally, securing critical IP with granular access controls, or linking design and test workflows into a unified system, our platform accelerates your path to first-pass success. With AI-ready data at the core, you gain deeper insight, tighter verification cycles, and productivity at scale.

Software Quality Engineering (SQE)

Deliver quality at speed with software test automation

Test smarter, deliver faster, and release with confidence. Keysight Eggplant accelerates software testing by combining AI-driven automation with a user-friendly interface. Build visual models of your applications to automatically generate comprehensive test scenarios that cover critical edge cases 24/7. Integrating seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitLab, Eggplant reduces testing cycles from weeks to days. Using computer vision, it automates UI-level testing across web, desktop, mobile, and complex restricted systems, accurately mimicking real user experiences so you know when you release your software, it just works.

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Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)

Achieve outstanding product performance and manufacturing excellence

Simulate real-world performance before building a single prototype. Our AI-accelerated CAE software and immersive VR tools help you validate and certify products virtually—cutting emissions, reducing test iterations, and minimizing costs for process, tooling, and materials.

Go beyond expected performance predictions—simulate true real-world behavior by factoring in detailed manufacturing processes as well as worker ergonomics and safety, enabling faster development of smarter, safer, and more sustainable products.

Optical Design Engineering (ODE)

Accelerate design for state-of-the-art optics, illumination systems, and photonic components

Enable high-performance optics and photonics use cases, creating dazzling solutions with Keysight’s extensive portfolio of photonic and optical engineering, design, analysis, simulation, and virtual prototyping software. Model all aspects of light propagation for high-accuracy optical product simulations and visualizations. Use intelligent, intuitive tools for complex imaging systems design, illumination design, automotive lighting design, and photonic device design.

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6 Reasons Why Electronic Design Leaders Choose Keysight Design Engineering Software

When it comes to accelerating innovation and productivity in the Electronic Design Automation world through virtual design, intelligent automation, and real-world validation, Keysight stands apart. Here's why engineering teams rely on our integrated software ecosystem to master complexity and drive first-pass success.

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