Senior Space Network Program Lead

ViaSat Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 181,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

ViaSat Inc. seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead the technical execution of space network and enterprise programs from development through deployment.

Translate mission needs into actionable engineering plans and coordinate across networks, enterprise systems, operations, software, and integration teams. You will manage scope, schedule, and risks, guide cross-domain teams through integration, and prepare briefs and design reviews for internal stakeholders and government customers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of system-level engineering, integration, or technical project leadership for complex communications, enterprise, or networking systems.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering fundamentals: requirements flowdown, trade studies, verification/validation, and system architecture.
• Ability to collaborate across diverse engineering domains and drive alignment in dynamic environments.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, including experience preparing briefings or leading technical discussions.
• US Citizenship required
• Must be able to obtain a United States Secret Clearance
• Able to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical execution of an advanced space network and enterprise program from early development through deployment.
• Translate mission needs and highlevel requirements into actionable engineering plans, ensuring alignment across networks, enterprise systems, operations, software, and integration teams.
• Coordinate systemlevel design activities, guiding program execution development, interface definition, and integration activities across multiple domains for advanced enterprise solutions networking.
• Drive crossfunctional collaboration, ensuring consistent technical baselines, verification approaches, and integration readiness across engineering disciplines.
• Support proposals, planning, milestone preparation, and technical communication with internal stakeholders and government customers.
• Managing technical scope, schedule, and risks to ensure delivery of missionaligned system capabilities.
• Guiding networking, software, operations, and integration and test teams through implementation and integration phases.
• Leading system bringup, troubleshooting issues during network/software integration, and ensuring traceability back to requirements.
• Coordinating with requirements, analysis, and modeling teams to maintain alignment throughout the lifecycle.
• Preparing and delivering technical briefs, design reviews, and engineering documentation.

Skills

System-level engineering

Technical project leadership

Requirements flowdown

Trade studies

Verification/validation

System architecture

Cross-domain collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer/Mechanical/Systems Engineering or related field

Job description

ViaSat Inc. seeks a Senior Project Engineer to lead the technical execution of space network and enterprise programs from development through deployment.

Translate mission needs into actionable engineering plans and coordinate across networks, enterprise systems, operations, software, and integration teams. You will manage scope, schedule, and risks, guide cross-domain teams through integration, and prepare briefs and design reviews for internal stakeholders and government customers.