Hardware Engineer

ViaSat Inc.; Lausanne; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat in Lausanne is seeking a Senior Electronic Hardware Engineer to reinforce our Product Development team. You will own the development cycle of electronic boards, designing and integrating analog and mixed-signal electronics for phased array antennas, and collaborating with System, RF, Mechanical and Software teams.

The role requires 7–10 years of hardware engineering experience in regulated environments, strong PCB/EMI-aware design, and hands-on lab work.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of proven hardware/electrical engineering experience in regulated environments
• Experience designing low-voltage, high-current power electronics with low-noise requirements
• Digital electronics and high-speed interfaces knowledge
• Breadboarding, architecture and schematic/layout design, simulation, prototype bring-up, design verification and production release
• Design for Manufacturing/Assembling/Testing/Maintenance
• Lab activities with test equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, vector network analyzer)
• Strong English communication skills (oral and written)
• Lausanne, Switzerland onsite presence at least 3 days per week
• Team player; hands-on; problem solver; open to collaboration with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Own the development cycle of electronic boards
• Design, develop, test, optimize and integrate analog and mixed-signal electronics for phased array antennas
• Drive requirements, architecture and circuit design, component selection and procurement, PCB design, board bring up, testing and design + manufacturing documentation
• Partner with System, RF, Mechanical and Software teams

Skills

Hardware engineering

Power electronics design

Digital electronics

Schematic/PCB design

Design for Manufacturing

Laboratory testing

English communication

On-site Lausanne

Team player

Problem solving

Tools

Altium365

SolidWorks

Ansys SIwave

LTspice

Job description

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

We are seeking a Senior Electronic Hardware Engineer to reinforce our Lausanne Product Development team. As a key team member, you will join a multidisciplinary R&D team of hard-working and passionate individuals developing groundbreaking satellite communications system technologies. You will design highly reliable analog and mixed-signal electronics that meet the required functional specifications, considering electrical, size and weight constraints, as well as aspects related to airborne environments.

The day-to-day

In collaboration with your project team members, you fully own the whole development cycle of electronic boards

• Design, develop, test, optimize and integrate highly reliable, cost effective, analog and mixed-signal electronics for phased array antennas.
• Drive requirements, architecture and circuit design, component selection and procurement, PCB design, board bring up, testing and design + manufacturing documentation.
• Partner with System, Radio Frequency, Mechanical and Software internal and external experts

What you'll need

• • 7-10 years of proven experiences in hardware or electrical engineering, in highly regulated/demanding environments like airborne, space, automotive or medical; Proven experience transferring products from development into production and supporting field issues.
  • Experience designing low-voltage, high-current power electronics with low-noise and transient robustness requirements
  • Digital electronics and high-speed interfaces
  • Concept breadboards, architecture definition, schematics/layout design, simulation, prototype bring-up, design verification, manufacturing documentation, and production release;
  • Quality by Design; Design for Manufacturing/Assembling/Testing/Maintenance
  • Enjoying lab activities; at ease with various test equipment – oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, vector network analyzer and similar
  • Clear and concise English communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Lausanne, Switzerland, onsite presence at least 3 days per week.
  • Team player; listener; constructive challenger; open to criticism; hands-on; problem solver.

    You are a meticulous, open-minded and well-organized person, motivated to perform multiple tasks in a wide-ranging environment. You enjoy taking ownership of the agreed work and completing it autonomously. When needed, you easily ask for support from our multi-disciplinary engineering team, and collaborate with external partners. Great teammate, problem solver and hands-on engineer, you never hesitate to take the extra step for the team to succeed!

  • Analytical; rigorous; strong documentation skills; ability to report on technical solutions and findings.

What will help you on the job

• Strong knowledge with board schematic, ideally Altium365; experienced in layout a strong plus.
• Co-design with mechanical engineers working on Solidworks
• PCB analysis with Ansys SIwave; LTspice;
• Close collaborations with 20-30GHz RF design engineers, embedded SW/PL design engineers

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.