Senior Project Engineer - Government Systems

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world.

For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate.

We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do

Viasat is looking for a Senior Project Engineer who is passionate about Cyber Security and is driven to join us in protecting and defending our connected world! The ideal candidate will have a background in Cyber Security with Systems, Hardware, Software or Programmable Logic experience that has progressed into a leadership role after working as a hands-on developer for the first phase of your career.

This position will support efforts relates to a system which integrates various aspects to allow the COMSEC and mission operators to request secure communications to support various missions.

The day-to-day

• Project engineer leads all aspects of the design, development, production, testing, and maintenance of complex systems or products.
• Works with multi-functional teams (Systems, Software, Hardware, Firmware, Mechanical, Security and Operations) to evaluate the design.
• Serve as "the" technical resource to interdisciplinary teams and management.
• Technically drive proposals, whitepapers, and customer support.
• Oversee and guide development, testing, system performance, environmental and system troubleshooting.
• Support planning the development activities.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers.
• Define security, performance, product requirements and work with validation lab supporting engineering validation / verification product testing.
• Drive execution of objectives including code reviews, test data analysis, investigate new target platforms, deadlines, schedule and team development.
• Understand hardware, software, firmware interactions, and collaborate with hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, test and security engineers.
• Champion requirements decomposition, allocation and integration on target with hardware, software, firmware mechanical, test and security engineers.
• Maintain and improve existing designs and source code to help attain the goal of a modular structure.
• Push augmentation of existing security architectures and creation of new ones to advance the state of the art through trade study analysis.
• Embrace the implementation of new tools and processes that extend design-development-test automation.
• Lead investigations into root cause analysis of hardware, software and firmware defects and resolve the defects.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Graduate's Degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science with 15 years of hands-on design, development, integration and successful verification experience.
• Substantial and proven experience in High Assurance Architectures, design and Product lifecycles.
• Proven problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at a technical and business user level.
• Experience supporting technical proposal efforts including requirements decomposition and verification techniques, architectural design, product definition and description as well as estimation.
• United States Citizenship required.
• The ability to obtain a DoD SECRET clearance.
• Ability to travel 10% (domestically).

What will help you on the job

• Previously served as a discipline lead, software lead, hardware lead, systems lead etc...
• Multi-task and demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in an ambiguous environment.

Salary range

$156,700.00 - $272,700.00 / annually

At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience.

Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.

Learn more about Viasat's comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https : / / careers.viasat.com / benefits.

EEO statement

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.

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