Senior Staff Satellite Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) Lead

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.

• Build and lead the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) team for payload and space vehicle development, integration, verification, and launch preparation.
• Serve as the technical leader and cost account manager (CAM) for all Assembly, Integration, and Test (AI&T) scope, cost, schedule, and performance.
• Develop the overall test architecture, integration strategy, verification approach, and execution roadmap from payload through space vehicle delivery.
• Lead planning and execution of assembly, integration, environmental test, system verification, and launch site operations.
• Drive implementation of Design for Assembly and Test (DFAT) principles across the program.

• Own development and maintenance of AI&T plans, verification plans, test concepts, and execution schedules.
• Define EGSE and MGSE requirements, architecture, acquisition, and deployment strategies needed to support integration and test operations.
• Lead assembly and integration planning for payload, subsystem, and space vehicle activities.
• Manage requirements verification and validation activities, ensuring complete traceability to verification closure.
• Lead development of build procedures, test procedures, operational products, readiness reviews, and launch campaign documentation.
• Own environmental testing, functional testing, end-to-end verification, anomaly resolution, and mission readiness activities.
• Lead multidisciplinary AI&T engineers, technicians, and support personnel through all phases of integration and test ensuring readiness and efficient execution throughout the program.
• Serve as primary interface with systems engineering, program management, manufacturing, quality, mission assurance, and customers.

• Bachelor degree in STEM field.
• 10+ years leading spacecraft, satellite, aerospace, or complex system integration and test programs.
• Experience developing test architectures, verification plans, and integration strategies.
• Experience with EGSE, MGSE, environmental test campaigns, and launch site operations.
• Experience serving in a technical leadership role with program execution responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering, verification, and requirements management.

• Experience as a CAM in EVMS environment.
• Space vehicle and payload integration experience.
• DFAT implementation experience.
• Launch campaign leadership experience.

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