Core-Platform Software Engineer

Viasat, Inc.•Carlsbad, CA

172d•Onsite

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). This is a site‑based role, employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard five‑day workweek.

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