Senior System Design Engineer – Government Satcom

Viasat; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is expanding its Government business and seeks a System Design Engineer to shape system and subsystem design for critical connectivity solutions used by war fighters and national security programs.

You will collaborate with Product Management, engineering leads, and customers to translate high level requirements into detailed designs, define architecture across data, cloud, SATCOM, and networking domains, and guide lifecycle decisions with MBSE practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering design and requirements management, preferably related to data platforms, cloud-based application development, satellite communications or networking
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• Solid understanding of full-stack development frameworks
• Ability to understand and develop system design requirements including those related to performance, security, and functionality
• Work with engineering teams to ensure that system design and architecture meet the customer needs while leaving flexibility for implementation teams to make decisions where appropriate
• Be responsible for the hardware and software product and platform success from early definition through the entire product lifecycle, including through maturity
• Background in working with large systems of systems, and maintaining a consistent set of standards to ensure intersystem compatibility and ease of future scaling
• This is a US Govt role; US Citizenship is required
• Must hold a United States Secret Clearance
• Ability to travel as-needed, up to 10%

Responsibilities

• The System Design Engineer role involves collaborating with Product Management, engineering leads, and customers to break down high level product requirements into detailed system and subsystem design solutions.
• The System Design Engineer must also work with engineering development teams to iterate on the system design solutions over the lifecycle of the product, to ensure we are consistently meeting customer needs in a constantly evolving market.
• This requires an affinity for thinking about users, use cases, and a technical understanding of the underlying infrastructure (data, backend services, cloud architectures, SATCOM systems, and networking) required to support the product.
• An innate ability to adapt quickly to changing needs and market environments is also crucial.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Full-stack development

Security requirements

Architecture design

Team collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Jama

Cameo MBSE

Job description

Viasat is expanding its Government business and seeks a System Design Engineer to shape system and subsystem design for critical connectivity solutions used by war fighters and national security programs.

You will collaborate with Product Management, engineering leads, and customers to translate high level requirements into detailed designs, define architecture across data, cloud, SATCOM, and networking domains, and guide lifecycle decisions with MBSE practices.