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Viasat · 17 hours ago

Software Engineer, Early Career - Government Services and Solutions

Carlsbad, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$84K/yr - $132K/yr

0+ years exp

Viasat is a company on a mission to deliver high quality communications solutions to government customers. The Software Engineer will be part of a development team focused on designing, maintaining, and improving software for various product lines while ensuring functionality, security, and performance standards are met.

InternetOptical CommunicationTelecommunications

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Software & Software Systems engineering

Be a part of an agile multidisciplinary development team

Embedded systems software engineering

Embedded or applications developer

Front end user interface development engineering, including focus on user experience

System infrastructure development; scripting, automation, data visualization & dashboarding

Qualification

Object Oriented ProgrammingEmbedded systems software engineeringSoftware designCC++JavaPythonLinuxCI/CD pipelinesDebugging skillsConfiguration management toolsAgile development methodologiesTCP/IP network fundamentalsCommunicationTeamwork skillsProblem solving

Required

Completion of Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or related field

This role is intended for someone with 0-3 years of full-time, relevant industry experience

This position requires U.S. citizenship

Previous experience with Object Oriented Programming

Ability to pick up new software, frameworks and APIs

Strong communication and teamwork skills

Excellent software design, problem solving, and debugging skills

Experience with or desire to learn Linux

Preferred

Previous experience using C or C++

Experience with Java or Python

Previous internship experience

Courses in software architecture

Courses with practical software design usage

Experience with developing software monitoring and control software

Familiarity with configuration management tools (Perforce), development tools (Eclipse, Visual Studio, etc.), and agile development methodologies

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines

Knowledge of TCP/IP network fundamentals

Desire to work on network-based product

Benefits

Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility

Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Viasat

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Viasat is a global communications company that offers satellite services.

Founded in 1986

Carlsbad, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.viasat.com

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$3.16B

Key Investors

UK Space AgencyNASA

2025-11-21Grant· $1.15M

2024-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $1.98B

2023-09-13Post Ipo Debt· $733.4M

Leadership Team

Andy Lincoln

Chief Engineer

Don Buchman

President Aviation

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