Senior Test Automation Engineer — Frameworks & CI/CD

Viasat; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 140,500 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking an experienced software engineer in test automation to drive scalable, maintainable test solutions. You will work with engineers across domains to improve frameworks, support new test strategies, and standardize data while ensuring quality for internal and external customers.

The role involves developing software, reviewing code, integrating testing in CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to support the factory environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years systems and test experience in complex environments.
• Experience developing software in a team using version control, build automation, bug tracking, test‑driven development and similar processes/technologies.
• Highly experienced with National Instrument’s TestStand and C#.
• Experience with Python.
• Experience implementing test automation, instrument drivers, and other test tools.
• Experience creating fully documented reusable libraries, abstractions, and APIs.
• Up to 10% travel.

Responsibilities

• Digesting top‑level requirements and providing feedback to ensure they are concise, testable, and realistic.
• Deriving software requirements from stakeholder needs.
• Designing and documenting test software frameworks, services, utilities, libraries, file formats, and standard conventions to allow for long‑term test station operation, maintenance and support.
• Reviewing and testing both individual contributions and those of colleagues and collaborators.
• Participating in continuous improvement activities to help find opportunities for reuse as well as process modifications that drive development efficiencies.
• Imparting knowledge and expertise of test equipment and instrumentation in software designs.
• Participating in technical discussions and support inquiries.
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary engineers to create solutions that support the factory.

Skills

Test automation

C# programming

Python

TestStand

Instrument drivers

Version control

OO design

Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Science

Tools

LabVIEW

Job description

Viasat is seeking an experienced software engineer in test automation to drive scalable, maintainable test solutions. You will work with engineers across domains to improve frameworks, support new test strategies, and standardize data while ensuring quality for internal and external customers.

The role involves developing software, reviewing code, integrating testing in CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to support the factory environment.