System Test Lead

About us

At Viasat, the work you do helps people stay connected in ways that matter, from everyday moments to critical missions across air, land, sea, and space.

We’re a place for people who are curious, bold, and motivated by meaningful work. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact, explore new possibilities, and grow your career in ways that align with your interests and goals. When you're ready to take on something new, you'll find leaders who support your development and help you turn your ambition into action.

What you'll do

We have an exciting new opportunity for a System Test Engineer to join our Government team! You will work with a cross functional team in the development of our latest generation government modem! You will also write test documentation include test plans, procedures and test cases and then support lab build up to implement the testing. This role will support system test campaigns on one or more product families for satellite products with functional, performance, robustness and over the air terminal testing! This is an opportunity to lead a test program as the test lead, support direct reports while also being a highly technical individual contributor.

The day-to-day

• Prepare Test Plans, Procedures, and customer needs to guide the effort to develop and build custom test hardware and automation using company and industry standards.
• Shepherd test system deployment from hardware/software integration, to use in design verification and out to operations.
  Run manual and automated tests against latest software releases, debug test setups and software configurations to ensure quality software releases.
• Collaborate with system engineering, software development, project engineers and other test teammembers on test planning and execution.
• Support direct reports.

What you'll need

• 5+ years’ experience in crafting test requirements, test plans, test cases and methodologies, and test documentation for manufacturing that guides system development.
• 3+ years experience with people leadership with direct reports
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline
• Solid understanding of both the technical and process aspects of product design and able to evaluate products using documents describing their design and function.
• Experience with networking, OSI model, and L2/L3 technologies like MAC and TCP/IP, UDP, etc.
• Experience with debugging and fixing Linux-based products.
• US citizenship required.
• Up to 10% travel.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• This role can work out of the Carlsbad, CA,  Germantown, MD or Reston, VA office
• Must be able to come into the office 3 days a week; hybrid 

What will help you on the job

• Experience with a programming or scripting language (Python, C/C++, Java or other)
• Familiar with using requirements traceability tools (DOORS, JAMA, etc.)
• Experience with wireless communications or satellite communications systems (SATCOM) or Radio Frequency systems
• Experience with a variety of lab equipment like oscilloscopes, power supplies, and boundary scan to evaluate and help fix systems

Salary range

$153,000.00 - $242,000.00 / annually. For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $190,500.00- $285,500.00/ 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. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.