RF Systems Engineer

Job description

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.

You will be a member of an RF systems engineering team developing advanced RF products supporting business units across the Viasat Government organization. In this role, you will support programs from product definition during the pre-proposal phase through system verification, working across multiple products and programs in varying stages of development. Examples of the products we support include phased arrays and wideband receivers for communications, radar, and EW applications spanning VHF to W-band.

• Apply Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams during integration and test at the terminal assembly level.
• Apply antenna system engineering fundamentals such as EIRP, G/T, sidelobes, linearity, NF, Gain, and VSWR.
• Develop RF products across multiple domains (land, air, sea, space).
• Follow Viasat SE practices: Define and maintain requirement traceability across system elements; Participate in technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure design baselines are established; Support risk and opportunity management throughout the system lifecycle.
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