Principal PCB Designer
Viasat · Tempe, AZ · Engineering
About this role
Viasat is hiring a senior-level Product Designer based in Tempe, AZ. The posting calls out experience with Testing. Compensation is listed at $135,000–$213,500 per year.
- Role
- Product Designer
- Function
- design
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
- Department
- Engineering
- Posted
- May 19, 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
We are seeking an experienced Principal PCB Designer to provide senior level technical leadership and execution for complex printed circuit board designs across the Space Infrastructure organization. This role serves as a technical authority for PCB layout, design quality, and execution strategy, while also acting as a team lead to improve consistency, speed, and overall design excellence.
The Principal PCB Designer supports critical development efforts including flight hardware, ground systems, and test equipment boards. This role provides supplemental layout capacity on high risk or resource constrained programs, leads design reviews, and mentors other PCB designers to raise the overall technical bar.
The day-to-day
- Provide senior level PCB design leadership across multiple programs and product lines
- Lead PCB layout for the most complex and critical designs, including multilayer, high speed, mixed signal, RF, and power dense boards