About us
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
Are you inspired by a job that challenges you to be proactive, lead technology decisions, and come up with new ideas that will push a product above and beyond your competitor's products? Viasat is a unique blend of technical challenge, opportunity to excel, and team camaraderie, and opportunity to work with industry leaders!
The day-to-day
As part of Viasat's CAD team, you will perform PCB design work, including component placement, complex routing, DRC and DFM checks, and documentation. Some of the daily tasks will involve using Siemens (formerly Mentor Graphics) Xpedition layout tools, including CES and EDM. Your build work will follow IPC standards, as well as company and contract manufacturing guidelines.
As a Senior Designer, you will participate in develop entry and exit reviews to ensure alignment with standards and processes. You will review data from Viasat's Mechanical Engineering team to ensure the interface between these two databases is consistent. In addition, you will manage CAD file data, produce all output documentation for fabrication and assembly, and collaborate with other team members across all sites to ensure high-quality PCBs.
What you'll need
10+ years of experience doing PWB build layout.
5+ years of direct experience using Mentor Xpedition and CES.
Thorough understanding of PCB fabrication processes, tolerances, and IPC standards.
High-speed digital, analog, or mixed PWB Layouts.
Experience with crafting and editing electronic circuit diagrams.
Close work with mechanical engineering to define board profiles, technology, and board stack-ups. RF/Digital builds incorporating stringent mechanical definitions and complex component mounting.
Product documentation, including fabrication & assembly.
Associate degree in Electronics Engineering Technology or equivalent professional experience.
U.S. Citizenship required.
What will help you on the job
Bachelor's degree in any engineering field or equivalent experience.
Multi-layer Flex and Rigid-flex circuits.
Experience in Blueprint Drawing software.
Complex Multi-layer PWB applying high speed materials, featuring micro strip, strip line and differential routing, controlled impedance, mix of low noise RF/analog circuitry.
Digital builds with various pin counts and fine pitch BGA's, RF transmission lines, matched lengths, and delay control lengths.
Experience with JTAG, RGMI, DSP, DDR, LVDS, SERDES, and Ethernet build.
RF layout development with partitioning of circuits applying shields, specific mounting, and grounding requirements. All design criteria defined by engineering specifications.
Knowledgeable with hierarchical schematics and layout reuse schemes is a plus.
Salary range
$99,500.00 - $157,000.00 / annually. For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $123,500.00- $185,500.00/ annually
At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat's comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.
EEO Statement
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 here.
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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With these past awards, ViaSat is well known as a successful, innovative, high-growth company:
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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Note: ViaSat Inc. is a separate company from and is not affiliated with Viasat Broadcasting, owned by Modern Times Group, Sweden.