Systems Engineer, Space Infrastructure

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.

We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership and end‑to‑end ownership of space system definition and analysis. This role is responsible for defining system architectures, owning technical budgets, and leading requirements development across the full system lifecycle.

The Systems Engineer serves as a central technical authority, integrating subsystem teams, guiding system trade studies, and ensuring disciplined execution of requirements, analyses, and verification planning.

• Own end‑to‑end space system technical budgets, including mass, power, data, performance, margins, and system constraints
• Lead space system architecture definition and technical trade studies to guide design decisions
• Develop, author, and maintain system‑level technical artifacts including SRDs, TRDs, and related specifications
• Drive requirements decomposition, allocation, and requirements burndown across all subsystems
• Ensure traceability between mission objectives, system requirements, subsystem designs, and verification plans
• Provide technical leadership across cross‑functional engineering teams to resolve system‑level issues and interfaces
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