Cryptographic Design Project Engineer, Viasat Government

Viasat; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in communications technology is seeking a Project Engineer specializing in cryptographic devices to lead the design and development of secure systems. This role requires extensive technical expertise, proven leadership capabilities, and a commitment to ensuring national security through innovative design and implementation. Join us to contribute to vital projects that protect and strengthen our connected world.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits focused on health and wellness

Additional cash or stock incentives

Qualifications

• 15 years of hands-on design, development, integration and successful verification experience on DoD Programs.
• Active DoD SECRET clearance or higher required.
• Fluency in writing protocols and familiarity with various operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads design, development, production, testing, and maintenance of complex systems.
• Mentors junior engineers and oversees project execution.
• Collaborates across multi-functional teams to evaluate design.

Skills

Problem-solving

Debugging

Unit Testing

Emulation

Logic Analyzer

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Graduate’s Degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science

Tools

C

FPGA

C#

SOC

NAND FLASH

Python

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

Viasat is looking for a Project Engineer within Viasat Government who is passionate about high assurance design (Cryptographic Devices) and is driven to join us in protecting and defending our connected world! The ideal candidate will have a background in NSA Security with 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.

The day-to-day

Development and certification of the Modern Key Loader (MKL) as a Standalone End Cryptographic Unit (ECU) for protection and distribution of keys at TOP SECRET and Below level.

• 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.
• Perform technical design and code reviews.
• 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 on DoD Programs.
• Previously served as a discipline lead, software lead, hardware lead, firmware lead, systems lead, or test lead.
• Substantial and proven experience in High Assurance 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.
• United States Citizenship required.
• Active DoD SECRET clearance or higher.
• Ability to travel 25% (domestically or internationally).

What will help you on the job

• Multi-task and demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in an ambiguous environment.
• Experience with C, FPGA, C#, SOC, NAND FLASH, Flash, and Python software and systems.
• Experience supporting technical proposal efforts including requirements decomposition and verification techniques, architectural design, product definition and description as well as estimation.

Salary range

$146,500.00 - $231,000.00 / 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 $177,500.00- $266,500.00/ 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.