One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.
What you'll do:Join a fast-paced team within Viasat’s Government as a Principal Systems Engineer. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader for advanced communication and sensing systems. You will:
• Lead system-level architecture, design, and analysis for advanced communication and sensing systems, ensuring robust performance across diverse mission scenarios.
• Lead the development and validation of algorithms in signal processing, digital communications, and control/estimation for mission-critical applications.
• Drive waveform design and adaptation, including trade studies and performance analysis to shape innovative solutions for emerging technologies.
• Collaborate across disciplines—including systems engineering (requirements), firmware, software, and integration & test—to deliver integrated solutions from concept through deployment.
• Provide technical direction across programs: define technical roadmaps, identify risk areas early, and guide mitigation strategies to keep development aligned with customer and stakeholder needs
The day-to-day:
You’ll be at the center of algorithmic development and system integration for complex systems. Your responsibilities will include:
• Translating mission objectives into end-to-end technical solutions, ensuring alignment with requirements and performance goals.
• Leading modeling and simulation efforts to support architecture decisions, system trades, performance prediction, and optimization.
• Guiding algorithm implementation in firmware and software, bridging theoretical models with practical deployment.
• Participating in system bring-up and integration, troubleshooting and optimizing performance during hardware/software integration phases.
• Partnering with analysis and requirements teams to maintain consistency and traceability throughout the development lifecycle.
• Mentoring engineers and leading technical reviews to strengthen engineering rigor and elevate team execution.
What you'll need:
• Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, with emphasis on Control Theory, Signal Processing, and/or Digital Communications.
• 15+ years of experience in algorithmic system design, modeling/simulation, and deployment for complex systems.
• Proficiency in programming for algorithm development and simulation (e.g., C/C++, MATLAB, Python).
• Deep expertise in RF systems and waveform design, including trade studies and performance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to perform system-level analysis, translating high-level requirements into actionable technical designs and implementation plans.
• Strong communication skills, capable of delivering technical briefings and collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams.
• U.S. Government position: U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance within the last 2 years required, and willingness to travel up to 25%.
• Hands-on experience with digital hardware platforms (processors, memory, FPGAs/CPLDs, microcontrollers, networking interfaces).
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes, including requirements flow-down, verification, and validation.
• Experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams, driving integration across hardware, software, and algorithmic domains.
• Background in modeling and simulation tools supporting trade studies and performance optimization for complex system architectures.
• TS/SCI or SAP access (if applicable to program needs).
Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click
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ViaSat produces innovative satellite and other digital communication products that enable fast, secure, and efficient communications to any location. We bring today’s new communication applications to people out of reach of terrestrial networks, in both the commercial and government sectors, with a variety of networking products and services.
Here you’ll find a company that is always asking,” What’s next?”, with the vertically integrated set of technologies to push the limits of what is possible for your system and service performance.
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The company employs over 2,900 professional and support personnel. The largest department is engineering, with many holding graduate degrees in electrical engineering or computer science. Annual revenues hit a record $1.1 billion during the most recently completed fiscal year (ended March 29, 2013).
HistoryViaSat is part of the well-known Linkabit Corporation “family-tree” that spawned hundreds of San Diego area telecom startups, including Qualcomm, General Instruments, and Titan. Founded in 1986 by three former M/A-Com Linkabit employees, ViaSat is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol VSAT. Go to the History, Timeline or Industry Innovation & Firsts pages for more details.
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