Embedded Software Engineer, Early Career

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.

This organization is an interconnected series of small teams that allows for immediate visibility within the group, but maintains the resources support of a large company to solve technology needs. The Secure Network Systems team also supports security and cybersecurity needs across the company, in which physical products, tools, and initiatives can have impacts across world-wide usage.

Be part of a software development team that designs, re-factors, and maintains code for existing and upcoming features across one or more product lines while meeting an exacting set of standards for security design and testing. As updated standards are released they are deployed across a variety of products and must take into account a variety of competing constraints.

You will be part of a team that works with and helps clarify requirements while continuously supporting development, integration, automation, and test of the final product through certification. This candidate will work in a multi-disciplinary team on object-oriented design, debugging, and embedded systems. The majority of our products interface via networking protocols. Our teams strive to be efficient and productive, while remaining generous with our time and knowledge.

You will have the chance to be dynamic as a product moves through maturity phases, feature priorities change, and company needs shift. You'll have the opportunity to work on requirements derivation at the software-level, high and low-level design, Agile sprints for development, integration, and formal testing events. It is common that your responsibilities on one product/project may differ from those on others, and that you will develop expertise in different areas.

• Education: Completion of Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and/or a 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
• Additional:
  • Previous experience using Java or Python
  • Ability to pick up new software, frameworks and APIs
  • Excellent software design, problem solving, and debugging skills
  • Experience with or desire to learn Linux
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Secret Clearance

• Collaborative, team player
• Strong communication skills
• Previous Viasat internship experience

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.