About us: What you'll do:

We provide the WiFi experience, you, as a passenger on the world’s leading airlines get to use for super-fast Viasat internet and streaming content. As a member of our team you will support the critical infrastructure used for creating, testing, and delivering this content to our dedicated mobility access servers (MAS).

This is a site‑based role, employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard five‑day workweek.

The day-to-day:

• Software engineering as part of an agile development team
• Actively design and drive software architecture involving a Linux based operating system with custom support applctions involving REST, HW interfaces, ARINC controllers, cellular device controllers, and other low level driver support
• Participate in the design, development and testing of software products we support
• Maintain and improve our current setup for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) systems, with a focus on applying GitHub Actions, Artifactory, Vault, and GitHub.
• Improve and implement testing, both virtual and on bare metal hardware meant to improve software quality by catching issues before they get to production
• Participate in code reviews of software with a view to deliver quality products in the short and long term
• Travel up to 10%

What you'll need:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years’ experience in hands-on experience using C/C++/Rust/Go/Bash/Python in embedded environments, with a track record of success
• Hands-on experience with Object Oriented methodology and development
• Experience with developing and delivering software using CICD and DevOps practices
• Ability to champion modern software practices and uphold software quality standards in all phases of development
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to evaluate software architecture & design, including existing codebases
• Performing tests following a requirement based testing approach

What will help you on the job:

• Experience working with distributions and embedded optimized frameworks (e.g. AlmaLinux, OpenWRT, Yocto, Buildroot)
• Deep Understanding of bootloader and Application Bring up process
• Experience orchestrating and optimizing resources (CPU, Memory, Disk etc) using tools such as but not limited to cgroups, MGLRU

Salary range: $140,500.00 - $221,500.00 / 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 $174,000.00- $261,000.00/ 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: