System Test Engineer - Government

Viasat, Inc. • Carlsbad, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We have an exciting new opportunity for a System Test Engineer to join our Government team! You will work with a cross functional team in the development of our latest generation government modem! You will also write test documentation include test plans, procedures and test cases and then support lab build up to implement the testing. This role will support system test campaigns on one or more product families for satellite products with functional, performance, robustness and over the air terminal testing!

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in crafting test requirements, test plans, test cases and methodologies, and test documentation for manufacturing that guide system development.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline
• Solid understanding of both the technical and process aspects of product design and able to evaluate products using documents describing their design and function.
• Experience with a variety of lab equipment like oscilloscopes, power supplies, and boundary scan to evaluate and help fix systems.
• Experience with networking, OSI model, and L2/L3 technologies like MAC and TCP/IP, UDP, etc.
• Experience with debugging and fixing Linux-based products.
• US citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with a programming or scripting language (Python, C/C++, Java or other)
• Familiar with using requirements traceability tools (DOORS, JAMA, etc.)
• Experience with wireless communications or satellite communications systems (SATCOM) or Radio Frequency systems

Responsibilities

• Prepare Test Plans, Procedures, and customer needs to guide the effort to develop and build custom test hardware and automation using company and industry standards.
• Shepherd test system deployment from hardware/software integration, to use in design verification and out to operations.
• Run manual and automated tests against latest software releases, debug test setups and software configurations to ensure quality software releases.
• Collaborate with system engineering, software development, project engineers and other test teammembers on test planning and execution.

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: Mid Level