Viasat, Inc.-posted 3 months ago
$146,500 - $231,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Carlsbad, CA
5,001-10,000 employees

Viasat Government - Secure Network Systems (SNS) is looking for a Project Engineer who is passionate about Security and is driven to join us in protecting and defending our connected world! The ideal candidate will have a background in Government Cryptographic Systems/Secure Communications with Hardware, Software, Test or Programmable Logic design experience that has progressed into a leadership role after working as a hands-on developer for the first phase of your career.

  • Development and certification of compact crypto solutions for use at the tactical edge that protect for protection of data and distribution of keys at SECRET and Below level.
  • Project engineer leads all aspects of the design, development, production, test, and sustaining of complex systems or products.
  • Works with multi-functional teams (Systems, Software, Hardware, Firmware, Mechanical, Security, Quality and Operations) to evaluate the design.
  • Serve as 'the' technical resource to interdisciplinary teams and management.
  • Technically drive proposals, whitepapers, and customer support.
  • Oversee and guide development, testing, system performance, environmental and system troubleshooting.
  • Support planning the development activities.
  • Perform technical design and reviews.
  • Mentor and coach mid-career engineers.
  • Define security, performance, product requirements and work with validation lab supporting engineering validation/verification product testing.
  • Drive execution of objectives including schedule, milestones, and technical performance.
  • Lead research and development of new technologies, platforms, and tools.
  • Understand hardware, software, firmware interactions, and collaborate with hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, test and security engineers.
  • Champion requirements decomposition, allocation and integration on target with hardware, software, firmware mechanical, test and security engineers.
  • Maintain and improve existing designs and source code to help attain the goal of a modular structure.
  • Push augmentation of existing security architectures and creation of new ones to advance the state of the art through trade study analysis.
  • Embrace the implementation of new tools and processes that extend design-development-test automation.
  • Lead investigations into root cause analysis of hardware, software and firmware defects and resolve the defects.
  • Bachelor’s or Graduate’s Degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or computer science with 15 years of hands-on product design, development, integration and successful verification experience.
  • Experience with embedded product technologies such as C, C++, C#, Python, Verilog, VHDL, CAD systems, FPGA, SOC, Flash, and DRAM.
  • Substantial and proven experience in High Assurance or secure communications architectures, design and product lifecycles.
  • Demonstrated problem-solving capabilities.
  • Comfortable with debugging, unit testing, emulation, and logic analyzer.
  • Fluent in writing protocols and firmware development practices and comfortable working with a variety of operating systems.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills at a technical and business user level.
  • Experience supporting technical proposal efforts including requirements decomposition and verification techniques, architectural design, product definition and description as well as estimation.
  • United States Citizenship required.
  • The ability to obtain a DoD SECRET clearance.
  • Ability to travel 20% (domestically or internationally).
  • Currently Active DoD SECRET or Above clearance.
  • Previously served as a discipline lead, software lead, hardware lead, or test lead.
  • Multi-task and demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in an ambiguous environment.
  • Experience with the deployed and special operator communication needs.
  • Comprehensive medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
  • Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package.
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