O-RAN RU Software Engineer — CI/CD & Embedded Networking

Viasat; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 141,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a software engineer to contribute to RU M-plane development within our site-based team, focusing on O-RAN based RU development and integration with DU/SMO components. You will design and maintain management applications for configuring, updating, and monitoring HW systems, and you will support production and lab environments while collaborating with embedded systems and vendor teams.

Requirements include a BS in CS or equivalent, 3–5 years with O-RAN/3GPP, and strong experience

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 3–5 years of experience working with O-RAN and 3GPP technology.
• Experience with O-RAN based RU development and integration (C/U/S/M-planes).
• Very good understanding of O-RAN fronthaul/M-plane specifications.
• Demonstrated experience in network programming and embedded environments.
• Proficiency with NetConf, YANG, JSON.
• Experience integrating multi-vendor software (including Open source).
• Used technology/languages include Docker, Kubernetes, Golang, Python, Github Actions, Jenkins.
• US Citizenship or Permanent Resident required.

Responsibilities

• Use your experience in O-RAN based RU M-plane development and integration with other internal RU components.
• Integration with other network components (DU, SMO, other SAN/network management applications)
• Design and implement management applications for configuring/updating/monitoring HW systems
• Maintain and automate CI/CD pipelines for build/testing/deployments
• Support production & lab environments aligned with team’s responsibility
• Update and maintain existing production applications and networks

Skills

O-RAN

3GPP

Network programming

Golang

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

JSON

NetConf

YANG

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Golang

Python

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

JSON

NetConf

YANG

Job description

Viasat is seeking a software engineer to contribute to RU M-plane development within our site-based team, focusing on O-RAN based RU development and integration with DU/SMO components. You will design and maintain management applications for configuring, updating, and monitoring HW systems, and you will support production and lab environments while collaborating with embedded systems and vendor teams.

Requirements include a BS in CS or equivalent, 3–5 years with O-RAN/3GPP, and strong experience