System Lead Engineer

Company: Viasat
Location: Tempe
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

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. Job Responsibilities As the System Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for the development, test, and integration of a phased array for a ground mobile radar application. Your responsibilities will include interfacing with the customer, ensuring we deliver a reliable system the meets the customer needs, integration of the phased array and associated equipment onto a large truck; ensuring the hardware and software is installable, and supportable; ensuring technical communication between internal teams, and suppliers; ensuring successful demonstrations and prototype installation. In this role you will apply your project engineering and interpersonal skills to a multi-discipline engineering team with both verbal and written interactions between the customer, partners, and Viasat senior leadership In addition, there is an opportunity to support business development to put this radar phased array on additional platforms and with different customers. Requirements

• 10+ years of experience
• Bachelor's Degree in a technical area
• Development Experience from concept to low-rate production
• Experience leading cross-functional teams with 5 or more Full-Time Equivalent (FTEs)
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with a strong sense of ownership and drive
• Present both technical and non-technical information that is clear, concise, and speaks to a wide audience
• Active Clearance or ability/desire to acquire clearance
• Up to 10% domestic travel (additional travel maybe required if a candidate does not work from Tempe, AZ site) Preferences
  • Military Service or supported Dept of Defense programs
  • Direct experience on RF systems that use Phased Array / Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technologies
  • Understand the basics of communication, radar, or EW systems (both hardware and software)
  • Experience with integrating electronic equipment onto mobile platforms
  • Understanding of Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) techniques To learn more about this site and other office locations, please click here ! Additional Requirements and Information Years of Experience Other Travel Up to 10% Clearance Must be able to obtain a United States Secret Clearance 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 .

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