System Integration And Test Engineer
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Job Responsibilities
As Systems Test Engineer, you will work on important DoD programs and projects that provide systems to support command and control, surveillance, intelligence, weapon status, and situational awareness communications over Link 16. You will enjoy interacting with multidisciplinary teams (digital, RF, mechanical, and software) to integrate and test terminals and systems. You will develop test plans and procedures to perform requirements verification of the system and execute manual and automated test cases as well as perform verification and validation of requirements, document test results, perform regression testing, failure analysis, and create discrepancy reports. You will also have the opportunity to develop reusable automated test cases for regression, stability and new feature testing and develop test software to automate testing and use database software to document test cases, track test progress, and document trouble reports.
Requirements
- 5+ years systems integration and test experience
- Hands-on experience using lab test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, signal analyzers, digital signal generators and noise figure meters
- Experience scripting control of test equipment and Device Under Test (LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB, C, or other)
- Working knowledge of RF amplifiers, mixers, oscillators, and transceivers
- Experience architecting test strategies, executing tests, and writing test plans, test procedures, and test reports.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- US government position. US citizenship required
- Up to 10% travel
Preferences
- Experience with large scale qualification testing such as MIL-STDs
- Link 16 or other Tactical Data Link experience
- Ability to review large amounts of raw test data to identify, isolate, troubleshoot, and correct test setup issues, and unit failures
- EMC/EMI experience
- Active Secret Clearance
If the Federal Executive Order for Government Contractors becomes effective, this role may require vaccination. In such instance, absent an approved accommodation based on a religious or medical reason, employees in this role will be required to be fully vaccinated no later than applicable deadlines, which are unknown at this point. Viasat will strive to give individuals as much notice as practicable if a vaccine mandate becomes applicable to this role.
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Additional Requirements and information
Minimum education:
BA/BS
Years of experience:
5-8 years
Travel:
Up to 10%
Citizenship:
US Citizenship Required
Clearance:
Must be able to obtain a United States Secret Clearance
Worker Classification:
Regular