Hardware Engineer, Viasat Government

Viasat

  • Farnborough, Hampshire
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
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:Viasat has transformed the market for assured Data at Rest solutions and is rapidly growing its business where we are looking for a System Design Engineer to work across multiple Cyber and Information Assurance (IA) development projects within Viasat Government. You will work on the development of leading-edge products and applications within the security and Cyber industry. The day-to-day:You will work in a fast-paced environment as part of a multi-disciplined team across all aspects of standard and bespoke secure digital design solutions. As a Hardware Engineer on our team, you will be involved in all aspects of a challenging and rewarding engineering role covering design, test production support and customer unit evaluation and commissioning.
  • Ownership of the design and delivery of hardware throughout the development lifecycle
  • Specification and design of high speed digital boards for products and test equipment
  • Schematic capture and support of PCB layout
  • Co-ordinate design with Mechanical, Software and System engineers
  • Hardware design proving testing
  • Support to software and system testing
  • Support to manufacturing, resolving test and production issues, training production staff
  • Resolution of design, obsolescence and production issues on existing products
  • Integration of Data At Rest products in to customer platforms
What you'll need:
  • Degree in Electronic Engineering or similar field
  • Full development life-cycle experience
Must have sole British Nationality (due to UK eyes-only projects), and have, or be capable of obtaining, UK security clearance (SC). * Good understanding of electronic design fundamentals, high speed digital design and signal integrity.
  • Proven track record of digital circuit development.
  • Comfortable with hardware testing and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, power supplies and multi-meters.
  • Proficient with industry standard CAD toolsets (e.g. Cadence or Mentor Schematic & Layout Tools)
  • Excellent communication skills - both written, verbal and with the ability to communicate at all levels
  • Effective and flexible team player
What will help you on the job:
  • Experience supporting production
  • Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacture (DFM) methodologies and techniques
  • Embedded firmware design (C/C++/assembler/Python).
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