Senior Satellite AI&T Lead — Space Vehicle Integration

Viasat; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 181,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a senior leader to head the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) team for payload and space vehicle development in the United States. The role combines technical leadership with CAM responsibilities for scope, cost, schedule, and performance.

You will develop test architecture, verification approaches, and execution roadmaps from payload to space vehicle delivery, while guiding multidisciplinary engineers through environmental testing, launch campaigns, and readiness

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in STEM field.
• 10+ years leading spacecraft, satellite, aerospace, or complex system integration and test programs.
• Experience developing test architectures, verification plans, and integration strategies.
• Experience with EGSE, MGSE, environmental test campaigns, and launch site operations.
• Experience serving in a technical leadership role with program execution responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering, verification, and requirements management.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI&T team for payload and space vehicle development, integration, verification, and launch preparation.
• Serve as technical leader and CAM for AI&T scope, cost, schedule, and performance.
• Develop the overall test architecture, integration strategy, verification approach, and execution roadmap.
• Lead planning and execution of assembly, integration, environmental test, system verification, and launch site operations.
• Drive implementation of DFAT principles across the program.
• Own AI&T plans, verification plans, test concepts, and execution schedules.
• Define EGSE and MGSE requirements, architecture, acquisition, and deployment strategies.
• Lead multidisciplinary AI&T engineers, technicians, and support personnel through all phases of integration and test.
• Serve as primary interface with systems engineering, program management, manufacturing, quality, mission assurance, and customers.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

Test architecture

Program management

EVMS exposure

Launch operations

DFAT

CAM in EVMS

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM field

Tools

EGSE

MGSE

Launch campaign tools

Job description

Viasat is seeking a senior leader to head the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) team for payload and space vehicle development in the United States. The role combines technical leadership with CAM responsibilities for scope, cost, schedule, and performance.

You will develop test architecture, verification approaches, and execution roadmaps from payload to space vehicle delivery, while guiding multidisciplinary engineers through environmental testing, launch campaigns, and readiness