System Test Engineer - RF & SATCOM Lab

Viasat; Germantown, Carlsbad (MD, CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a test engineer to join our government modem development team. You will craft test plans, procedures and test cases, support lab setup, and drive RF testing across hardware and software releases.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of test engineering experience, a STEM degree, Linux familiarity, and strong problem-solving skills. Willingness to travel up to 10% and US citizenship are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in crafting test requirements, test plans, test cases and methodologies, and test documentation for manufacturing that guide system development.
• Bachelor's Degrees in STEM field or related work experience.
• Understanding of both the technical and process aspects of product design and able to evaluate products using documents describing their design and function.
• Familiar with a variety of lab equipment like oscilloscopes, power supplies, and boundary scan to evaluate and help fix systems.
• Ready to use a variety of lab equipment like oscilloscopes, power supplies, and boundary scan to evaluate and help fix systems.
• Familiarity with Linux operating systems and basic skills in fixing and solving technical issues.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including the OSI model, Layer 2 (Data Link) and Layer 3 (Network) technologies, and basic concepts of MAC addresses, IP addresses, TCP, and UDP protocols.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge and application of configuration management guidelines.
• Up to 10% travel.
• US citizenship required.

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, to full-rate production.
• Use RF test equipment to test both new hardware and software releases for satellite communication products.
• Full cycle test development on legacy and new products, from a new release on an existing hardware device to a first release on a new modem hardware platform.
• Communicate with a multi-functional development engineering team to fix integration and system verification test failures.

Skills

Test planning

Test documentation

Lab equipment

Linux familiarity

Networking fundamentals

Programming/scripting

Debugging hardware/software

Communication

Configuration management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

DOORS/JAMA

Oscilloscopes

Boundary scan

Linux OS

Job description

Viasat is seeking a test engineer to join our government modem development team. You will craft test plans, procedures and test cases, support lab setup, and drive RF testing across hardware and software releases.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of test engineering experience, a STEM degree, Linux familiarity, and strong problem-solving skills. Willingness to travel up to 10% and US citizenship are required.