Hardware Engineer, Product Engineering
Viasat · Tempe, AZ · Operations / Quality
About this role
Viasat is hiring a mid-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Tempe, AZ. The posting calls out experience with Python, Linux, Embedded Systems, Testing. Compensation is listed at $155,500–$246,000 per year.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
- Department
- Operations / Quality
- Posted
- Apr 20, 2026
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Job description
from Viasat careersOne 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
In this position you will be in a critical engineering role responsible for the technical recovery of critical high-speed digital, analog, mixed-signal and UHF RF circuit boards used in terrestrial and ship-board satellite communication systems. Your contributions will have a direct impact on the deployment and sustainment of these complex communication systems.
You will use your circuit engineering experience to analyze and determine complex technical faults from the system level to the component level and provide direct guidance on the recovery of the various boards. You will also help develop technical user documentation to aid other engineers and technicians in product recovery and operational life extension of these systems.
The day-to-day
- Analyze complex communication system circuit boards containing a mix of high-speed digital circuits including FPGAs, CPLDs, MCUs, DSPs, CPUs, PHYs, DDR Memories, SATA drives, eMMC and similar components.