Power/Analog Engineer

Viasat, Inc.•Tempe, AZ

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Viasat is a rapidly growing technology company that designs, deploys, and operates cutting edge SATCOM products and services that span the globe. At Viasat you’ll work with highly motivated engineers in an exciting, dynamic, yet informal environment. You will be able to use your engineering experience to support the next generation of advanced communications products and systems. In this role you will have the opportunity to design, develop, and test analog and DC/DC power converter circuits for electronics used in government land/airborne military and space products.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in analog and power converter design (switching and linear) and analysis.
Familiarity with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, current probes, frequency response analyzer, and multimeters
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
U.S. Citizenship Required.
Up to 10% domestic travel

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline
Active Secret or Top Secret Clearance or ability to obtain one
Experience using tools SPICE based circuit analyses programs (PSPICE, LTSPICE, HSPICE), schematic capture (Mentor Graphics XxDesigner, ORCAD Capture), and board layout (Mentor Graphics Expedition, Zuken)
Experience in DC-DC converters, operational amplifiers, comparators, bipolar transistors, buffers, DAC’s, ADC’s, power MOSFET’s, and gate drivers and applying this technology to support RF/microwave and digital hardware
Knowledge in the areas of feedback control theory, power magnetics, DC-DC power switching topologies and synchronous rectification, EMI/EMC filter design, and military standards
Background or interest in digital and RF/Microwave design
Designing for harsh environments experience (including radiation)

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and test analog and DC/DC power converter circuits for electronics used in government land/airborne military and space products.
Work in a collaborative team of electrical, systems, mechanical, manufacturing and test engineers to ensure successful product development and transfer to production/manufacturing teams to ensure performance meets specification across temperature, environmental stress, and production variations.