Senior System Test Lead – Satellite & Lab Automation

ViaSat Inc.; Germantown (MD); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

ViaSat is seeking a System Test Engineer to join our Government team in Germantown, MD, Carlsbad, CA, or Reston, VA. You will lead test planning, automation, and execution for satellite modem products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality across design verification and operations.

The role combines hands-on testing with leadership responsibilities, including mentoring direct reports, with up to 10% travel and requirement for a Secret clearance and US citizenship.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in crafting test requirements, test plans, test cases and methodologies, and test documentation for manufacturing that guides system development.
• 3+ years experience with people leadership with direct reports
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline
• Solid understanding of both the technical and process aspects of product design and able to evaluate products using documents describing their design and function.
• Experience with networking, OSI model, and L2/L3 technologies like MAC and TCP/IP, UDP, etc.
• Experience with debugging and fixing Linux-based products.
• US citizenship required.
• Up to 10% travel.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• This role can work out of the Carlsbad, CA, Germantown, MD or Reston, VA office
• Must be able to come into the office 3 days a week; hybrid

Responsibilities

• Prepare Test Plans, Procedures, and customer needs to guide the effort to develop and build custom test hardware and automation using company and industry standards.
• Shepherd test system deployment from hardware/software integration, to use in design verification and out to operations. Run manual and automated tests against latest software releases, debug test setups and software configurations to ensure quality software releases.
• Collaborate with system engineering, software development, project engineers and other test teammembers on test planning and execution.
• Support direct reports.

Skills

Test planning

Test documentation

Networking knowledge

Linux debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Python/C/C++

DOORS/JAMA

Linux

Job description

ViaSat is seeking a System Test Engineer to join our Government team in Germantown, MD, Carlsbad, CA, or Reston, VA. You will lead test planning, automation, and execution for satellite modem products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality across design verification and operations.

The role combines hands-on testing with leadership responsibilities, including mentoring direct reports, with up to 10% travel and requirement for a Secret clearance and US citizenship.