Digital Signal Processing Engineer - Viasat Government, Early Career

Viasat, Inc.•Tempe, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

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. In this role, you will propose concepts to solve customer problems. You will create the system along with our customers by bringing to bear technology assets across Viasat Government and our partners. The products and systems you will be defining are in V-Band Crosslinks, Radar and SIGINT applications. You will develop the algorithms necessary to solve a wide range of DSP challenges. You will build system solutions from your algorithms by transitioning them from simulations to instantiations on DSP/FPGA/GPU platforms. The day-to-day The DSP work can be broken into three major development cycles that fall under your responsibility: Floating-point simulation (Matlab) - Starting with a customer challenge, you will research, then design, the DSP algorithms required to solve that challenge Fixed-point modeling (Simulink) - Given the evidence provided from floating-point simulation, you will build a digital logic model that proves how logic blocks can process equivalent math within the constraints of the platform (when applicable) Lab implementation support - From the fixed-point modeling, you will generate test vectors that must be matched by team members in the Digital group. You will support the Digital team’s implementation and ultimately lead the performance of the DSP algorithm as it is applied to the specific platform Additional Information: This position is located onsite. Viasat embraces a flexible work environment and onsite/hybrid work is determined by individual roles and teams. Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility. As an Early Career hire, you will participate in our Graduate Development Program during your first 12+ months at Viasat. This program is designed to support your transition from university to the workplace through dedicated mentorship, building relationships with your cohort of new grad hires, technical upskilling, soft skills development and more to ensure you’re set up for success as you begin your professional journey with Viasat Viasat offers the following pre-determined start date options for incoming US Early Career hires. Exceptions can be made to start date cohorts. Monday, February 2, 2026 Monday, July 13, 2026 Monday, August 3, 2026 Monday, September 7, 2026

Requirements

Education: Completion of Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field
Experience: This role is intended for someone with 0-3 years of full-time, relevant industry experience
Citizenship: This position requires U.S. citizenship
Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or ability to obtain when administratively feasible
Knowledge of modem, radar, and/or signal processing fundamentals
Ability to derive module/box requirements from system level requirements
Ability to perform systems level analysis
Ability to write discrete-time simulations in Matlab, Simulink, C/C++, or Python
Strong communication skills – both verbal and written
Must be comfortable developing and presenting briefings
Ability to travel up to 10%

Nice To Haves

Up to 3 years applied signal processing experience
M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SSBI/SCI
Demonstrated experience with architectural definition, design, and integration
Demonstrated experience in random processes, communication theory, and spectral analysis
Demonstrated experience in collaborating with customers
Demonstrated experience with Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP)
AESA/phased array, SIGINT, or EW experience
Detailed design or hands on hardware test experience
Digital implementation work on FPGAs (or equivalent)

Responsibilities

Starting with a customer challenge, you will research, then design, the DSP algorithms required to solve that challenge
Given the evidence provided from floating-point simulation, you will build a digital logic model that proves how logic blocks can process equivalent math within the constraints of the platform (when applicable)
From the fixed-point modeling, you will generate test vectors that must be matched by team members in the Digital group
You will support the Digital team’s implementation and ultimately lead the performance of the DSP algorithm as it is applied to the specific platform

Benefits

Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility
As an Early Career hire, you will participate in our Graduate Development Program during your first 12+ months at Viasat. This program is designed to support your transition from university to the workplace through dedicated mentorship, building relationships with your cohort of new grad hires, technical upskilling, soft skills development and more to ensure you’re set up for success as you begin your professional journey with Viasat

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