Core-Platform Software Engineer

Viasat, Inc. • Carlsbad, CA

18h

About The Position

We provide the WiFi experience, you, as a passenger on the world’s leading airlines get to use for super-fast Viasat internet and streaming content. As a member of our team you will support the critical infrastructure used for creating, testing, and delivering this content to our dedicated mobility access servers (MAS).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience in hands-on experience using C/C++/Rust/Go/Bash/Python in embedded environments, with a track record of success
• Hands-on experience with Object Oriented methodology and development
• Experience with developing and delivering software using CICD and DevOps practices
• Ability to champion modern software practices and uphold software quality standards in all phases of development
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate software architecture & design, including existing codebases
• Performing tests following a requirement based testing approach

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with distributions and embedded optimized frameworks (e.g. AlmaLinux, OpenWRT, Yocto, Buildroot)
• Deep Understanding of bootloader and Application Bring up process
• Experience orchestrating and optimizing resources (CPU, Memory, Disk etc) using tools such as but not limited to cgroups, MGLRU

Responsibilities

• Software engineering as part of an agile development team
• Actively design and drive software architecture involving a Linux based operating system with custom support applications involving REST, HW interfaces, ARINC controllers, cellular device controllers, and other low level driver support
• Participate in the design, development and testing of software products we support
• Maintain and improve our current setup for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) systems, with a focus on applying GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Vault, and GitHub.
• Improve and implement testing, both virtual and on bare metal hardware meant to improve software quality by catching issues before they get to production
• Participate in code reviews of software with a view to deliver quality products in the short and long term
• Travel up to 10%

Benefits

• range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered
• comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level