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
Viasat’s Aviation Platform Engineering team is looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to help with the analysis, design, development and delivery of our Airline programs. This will include completing the delivery of currently scoped developments as well as future functionality and enhancements to the existing Viasat Platforms. This is a wide-ranging technical role that will require the successful candidate to play an analyst and integration role in activities including design, development, and system integration. Viasat’s Platform team is expanding its role beyond the cabin into terminals. Part of this role involves interactions with Viasat’s partners, Airline customers, and other third parties involving highly technical topics. The successful applicant must be self-motivated and be capable of completing complex tasks with minimum supervision and have the confidence and ability to promote improvements and introduce new technologies. This position requires the possibility of travel. This is a software system role that interacts with pre-existing hardware.
The day-to-day
- Participate in design, development, and delivery of operating system distributions for new terminals and airborne servers.
- Develop new features within Viasat’s airborne terminals and servers.
- Hands-on development of key technical components, frameworks, interfaces and services.
- Participate and contribute to initial design and design reviews, including review of detailed functional specifications and requirements.
- Create and maintain technical documentation to ensure efficient planning, execution, and handover.
- Work in a small, distributed team in an Agile Linux / Open Source development environment.
- Review existing software and infrastructure to identify areas for improvement, added scalability, quality, performance, security maintainability and architectural integrity.
- Work closely with other teams, to ensure proper detailed, documented handover to Operations and third parties.
What you'll need
- 10+ years of experience in software systems engineering or equivalent
- Solid experience building embedded / mobile Linux systems
- Deep understanding of modern embedded / mobile Linux systems
- Deep understanding of embedded / mobile system security issues
- High level scripting skills: Bash / Python / Perl / etc
- Deep understanding of firewalls, NAT and packet filtering
- Good understanding of IP networking
- Professional experience working in a Linux environment
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
- Debugging and Troubleshooting skills
- Good organizational and communication skills
What will help you on the job
- Experience designing and building Linux Installers
- Experience building a Linux Distribution
- Experience with git
- Experience with aircraft software and hardware
- Experience working in a certified software environment
- Experience working with or on satellite terminals or cellular modems
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related technical discipline
- Proficiency with SELinux
Salary range
$140,800.00 - $244,900.00 / 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 .
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 .
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