Satellite System Test Engineer - Hybrid Lab Focus

Viasat; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a System Test Engineer to join our Government team in Reston, VA. You will develop test plans, procedures and cases for the latest government modem generation, write test documentation, and support lab builds for testing across satellite product families.

You will run manual and automated tests on new software releases, troubleshoot test setups, and collaborate with system engineering, software, and project teams to ensure quality releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience crafting test requirements, plans, cases and methodologies for manufacturing
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline
• Experience with networking (OSI model, MAC, TCP/IP, UDP) and Linux-based products

Responsibilities

• Prepare test plans, procedures and customer needs for hardware and automation
• Oversee test system deployment from hardware/software integration to operations
• Run manual and automated tests on latest software releases and debug test setups
• Collaborate with system engineering, software, project engineers and other test members on planning and execution

Skills

Test planning

Test documentation

Automation testing

Networking basics

Linux debugging

Programming (Python/C/C++/Java)

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

DOORS

JAMA

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Boundary scan

Job description

Viasat is seeking a System Test Engineer to join our Government team in Reston, VA. You will develop test plans, procedures and cases for the latest government modem generation, write test documentation, and support lab builds for testing across satellite product families.

You will run manual and automated tests on new software releases, troubleshoot test setups, and collaborate with system engineering, software, and project teams to ensure quality releases.