Ground Station Systems Engineer

Viasat, Inc. • Duluth, GA

1d • 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.

Come join us as we build complete antenna systems "from RF to bits."
In this role you will work on:
Radio frequency transmit/receive electronics, high-speed modems, and software systems that deliver a stream of bits to the end customer
Mechanical structures that form the antenna
Motors and controllers that position the reflectors
At our Atlanta, GA (Duluth) office we have outdoor test facilities including a multi-system, multi-pad boresite range, two planar nearfield ranges, and nearby a 1500-foot elevated pattern range with associated control room. With proven capability in Satellite communications, and antennas, Viasat is able to provide groundbreaking communications systems for both commercial and government customers. You can use your project engineering expertise to technically lead the building of the next generation of sophisticated antenna products and satellite communications terminals!

The day-to-day
As an authority in your field, you will coordinate and lead all technical aspects of an antenna systems program! Beginning with requirements and concept discussions, analysis with potential customers, the generation of a formal proposal, resulting in a contract award. You would own the detailed system design, and lead all aspects of the implementation, test, system verification, delivery, and sell off of the completed system to the customer. You will be a key member of the division involved with the various aspects of ground terminals, including business development, proposal generation, systems engineering, and project engineering

Requirements

• 5+ years experience working on complex systems
• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or closely related field
• Direct experience with satellite communication antennas and ground/earth stations with multiple fielded projects
• Direct experience conducting analysis for ground stations - namely G/T and EIRP
• Direct experience defining, decomposing, allocating, and managing system‑level requirements and traceability
• Direct experience leading complex projects with multi-disciplinary team of engineers
• Direct experience leading design reviews, readiness reviews, bids/ proposals and external customer and internal presentations
• Proven capabilities to conceptualize, design, implement, and test field satellite ground terminals, antenna telemetry systems, or similarly complex systems
• Capable of developing test plans and procedures for requirements verification of sophisticated systems
• Willing to come into the Duluth, GA office during the work week
• US Citizenship

Nice To Haves

• Experience in calculating end-to-end space-to-ground link availability, rain fade margins, cascade analysis
• Experience with tracking antenna pedestals, servo-control loops, program/track/autotrack systems
• Experience working with digital modems, software-defined radios
• Experience in high frequency (Q/V/E-bands) antenna systems
• Experience in MATLAB
• Experience in DOORS, Jama or requirements management tools
• Experience is Models Based System Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo
• Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or closely related field
• Strong verbal and writing skills
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security clearance

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead all technical aspects of an antenna systems program
• Own the detailed system design
• Lead all aspects of the implementation, test, system verification, delivery, and sell off of the completed system to the customer
• Be a key member of the division involved with the various aspects of ground terminals, including business development, proposal generation, systems engineering, and project engineering

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: Senior