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.

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

• Development and certification of Space and Ground Operating Equipment (GOE) Standalone End Cryptographic Units (ECU) for protection of data and distribution of keys at TOP SECRET and Below level.
• Project engineer leads all aspects of the design, development, production, test, and sustaining of complex systems or products.
• Works with multi-functional teams (Systems, Software, Hardware, Firmware, Mechanical, Security, Quality 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.
• Perform technical design and reviews.
• Mentor and coach mid-career engineers.
• Define security, performance, product requirements and work with validation lab supporting engineering validation/verification product testing.
• Drive execution of objectives including schedule, milestones, and technical performance..
• Lead research and development of new technologies, platforms, and tools.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, and security engineers and understand how they interact to build innovative products.
• Champion requirements decomposition, allocation and integration on target the entire engineering team.
• 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.
• Adopt 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

• Bachelor’s or Graduate’s Degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science with 15 years of hands-on product design, development, integration and successful verification experience.
• Experience with embedded product technologies such as C, C++, C#, Python, Verilog, VHDL, CAD systems, FPGA, SOC, Flash, and DRAM.
• Substantial and proven experience in High Assurance or secure communications architectures, design and product lifecycles.
• Demonstrated problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable with debugging, unit testing, emulation, and logic analyzer.
• Fluent in writing protocols and firmware development practices and comfortable working with a variety of operating systems.
• 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 20% (domestically or internationally).

• Currently Active DoD SECRET or Above clearance.
• Previously served as an software lead, hardware lead, FPGA Lead or test lead.
• Multi-task and demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in an ambiguous environment.
• LEO and 5 year GEO Space design experience.

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.