Product Test Engineering, Test Engineer - Viasat, Inc.

About us:

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.

What you'll do:

Viasat is seeking a new Test Engineer! As a member of Viasat's fast-paced Product Test Engineering team, we craft test solutions for vertically integrated products and services. Our solutions vary across RF and microwave technologies, power and digital circuitry, peripheral interfaces such as GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi, and software, firmware, and certificate configuration management.  Projects support lab design verification, integration, characterization, and factory production tests.  We support everything from chips to satellites!

 

The day-to-day:

• Gain an understanding of our products needing tests, including specifications, parts, and functions.
• Collaborate with test system design teams to establish relationships and understand and influence system designs that support robust and efficient testing solutions.
• Work with the test design team to understand test requirements and methodologies that resolve the level of testing required for the product during Production phases.
• Maintain and sustain custom test systems to continuously satisfy defined production test requirements, soliciting support from the design team to help maintain and improve systems.
• Shepherd test racks and systems from implementation through end-of-life, including coordination and training with partners across the globe.
• Use problem solving and evaluate engineering and manufacturing trade-offs when planning for and adapting to uncertainty and project risks and opportunities.
• Present creative ideas, informative status updates, thoughtful trade-offs, constructive reviews, and improved process implementations to program management and leadership.

What you'll need:

• 2 or more years proven experience working with development and sustainment of manual to fully automated product test systems in a production environment.
• A Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, RF Engineering, or related field.
• Ability to understand products using documents describing their design and function.
• Familiarity with and ability to interpret test requirements, test plans, test cases, design-for-test (DFT) strategies and methods, and test documentation.
• Provide feedback to improve design specifications, schematics, and wire lists through redlining and collaboration with designers.
• Ability to view and comprehend industry standard computer languages to support collaboration with Software Automation Engineers.
• Work with and interpret results from test measurements, data analysis, and CI/CD processes used in test sequences.
• Ready to use a variety of lab equipment like oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, power supplies, and boundary scan to evaluate and help fix systems.
• Desire to partner with technical teams at contract manufacturers to drive quality, maintenance, and issue resolution with deployed test systems.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Up to 10% travel.
• US citizenship required.

What will help you on the job:

• Exposure to or experience with RF or microwave systems.
• Experience with debugging and fixing Linux-based products.
• An understanding of how embedded code in a product works as a tool to support a test system environment.
• Exposure to LabVIEW, TestStand, and Object-Oriented Programming.
• Experience with networking, OSI model, and L2/L3 technologies such as MAC and TCP/IP.
• Working with large volume data analysis and interpretation: Pandas, SQL, Grafana or similar.

 

 

This role is considered a Safety-Sensitive position and requires participation in Viasat’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Program. This includes successful completion of any program requirements including a pre-employment drug screening.

FAA Drug & Alcohol Prevention Program.

 

Viasat is committed to providing and maintaining reliable and safe service to our customers and a safe and productive work environment for all employees. Additionally, Viasat is committed to complying with the regulations set forth by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Accordingly, the scope of our commitment to ensure a drug-free work environment is broadened by specific drug and alcohol testing regulations and requirements.

Salary range:$75,100.00 - $130,700.00 / annually :At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat’s comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.EEO statement:

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.