System Test Automation Engineer

At Viasat, the work you do helps people stay connected in ways that matter, from everyday moments to critical missions across air, land, sea, and space.

We're a place for people who are curious, bold, and motivated by meaningful work. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact, explore new possibilities, and grow your career in ways that align with your interests and goals. When you're ready to take on something new, you'll find leaders who support your development and help you turn your ambition into action.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Test Automation Engineer to become part of our government division! In this role, you will be responsible for developing the automation framework for all components of a global SATCOM network! In this critical defense program role, you will be responsible for the automated validating, verifying, and testing complex satellite communications (SATCOM), tactical networking systems, and end-to-end enterprise services deployed for operational environments. You will work closely with cross-functional systems engineering, development, and network operations teams to ensure robust system performance, high availability, and mission success.

You will work closely with the engineering and automation teams to automate everything about the software development lifecycle that can be automated. This includes requirements test coverage and continuous integration. The successful candidate will have a strong systems understanding, comfort with numerous tools and languages, and advanced debugging/troubleshooting skills.

• 5+ years' experience with programming/scripting languages
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline
• Ability to comprehend complex system architectures and find creative approaches to automating repetitive tasks and activities
• Familiar with software configuration management tools: Perforce, Git, Artifactory, CVS
• Familiar with several languages: C/C++, Java, Python, Bash, Ruby, etc
• SATCOM or Wireless/RF Communication Systems experience
• Strong networking knowledge (IP, TCP, UDP, Multicast, MPLS, REST etc.)
• Familiarity with RF test equipment (ex: spectrum analyzers, signal generators, etc.)
• Comfortable with the Linux environment and common tools
• Excellent communication and team skills
• Travel up to 10%
• US Citizenship
• Must be able to obtain a US Secret Clearance
• Must be able to work out of our Carlsbad, CA, Tempe, AZ, Duluth, GA or Reston, VA office 3 days/week.

• Active US Secret Clearance
• Familiarity with space architectures
• Jenkins, Ansible and Docker familiarity with container orchestration
• Familiar with several test & automation tools: Robot, Jenkins, Gradle, Ant, Maven, Cucumber, Selenium, Webdriver
• Familiar with virtualization tools: docker, vagrant, VMware

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.