AI&T Engineer - Special Test Equipment (STE)
About The Position
Viasat’s Space Infrastructure Team designs, builds, and operates satellites that deliver global connectivity in demanding environments. As part of the integration and test team, your work will contribute directly to payload performance, schedule, and on-orbit mission success. This role is for an early-career Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) Engineer supporting Payload Special Test Equipment (STE). You will work alongside experienced engineers to develop, operate, and maintain test systems used to verify space-based communications hardware. This is a hands-on, developmental engineering position where you will gain experience across a wide range of test equipment and systems. You will support test development and execution while building skills to grow into a fully independent STE engineer.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 0–3 years of experience (including internships or academic projects)
- Basic understanding of RF and/or electronics
- Familiarity with lab test equipment
- Exposure to programming or scripting
- Strong problem-solving and teamwork skills
- U.S. citizenship required
Nice To Haves
- Internship or lab experience in RF or test engineering
- Knowledge of RF builds and RF test methodologies
- Experience with scripting tools
- Data analysis exposure
- Hands-on electronics or debugging experience
Responsibilities
- Support development, integration, and operation of Special Test Equipment (STE) for space payloads
- Assist in translating test requirements into practical test setups, procedures, and automation
- Contribute to testing activities across unit, subsystem, and payload levels
- Work with multi-functional engineering teams to support hardware validation and debugging
- Assist in setup, operation, and debug of RF, digital, power, and telemetry test equipment
- Support development of test procedures and execution of verification testing
- Maintain lab equipment, fixtures, and configurations
- Participate in integration and checkout activities for flight hardware
- Support test execution at multiple levels
- Organize and review test data
- Use lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and multimeters to validate performance of spaceflight hardware
- Contribute to scripting using Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB, or similar
- Assist with improving test efficiency
- Support debugging activities under guidance
- Assist in identifying and analyzing issues
Benefits
- Range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
- Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
