System Integration and Test Engineer

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

We are excited for a System Integration & Test Engineer to join our team! In this position, you will be working within a systems integration and test team including development operations, systems, and software test engineers. You will be collaborating with software development and network engineering teams in defining and delivering manual and automated test suites for the hardware and software components of a large-scale satellite communications system. You will be responsible for software bug and hardware defect lifecycle tracking as well as system configuration management, and deployment automation. Your work will include defining and documenting software test and software deployment procedures and support testing them in the lab and use in production to update the customer's network to the latest and greatest software patches. In this role, you may grow into development and maintenance of automated software test, build and deployment processes including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI / CD) of new software builds into the lab test system as well as the production environment. Part of your responsibilities may include supporting our technical staff in analyzing and resolving issues reported in the customer network. You may also be responsible for performing complex system testing with multiple customer witnesses in attendance.

The day-to-day

• Developing and documenting test procedures for various systems
• Performing manual and automated testing and documenting results.
• Identifying, analyzing, and verifying and reporting software bugs and system defects.
• Using configuration management and deployment automation tools to upgrade and patch Linux operating system and Network device patches in the lab and production environments.
• Development of configuration management tasks for operating system configuration changes to include security updates.
• Development of procedures, scripts, and playbooks to automate the update of company software and cots application packages.
• Building software packages and performing vulnerability and security scans on the software bundles

What you'll need

What will help you on the job

Salary range

$101,000.00 - $159,500.00 / annually.

For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $125,500.00- $188,500.00 / 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.