Senior Software Engineer - Embedded Network
About the role
The Viasat Government - Secure Network Systems (SNS) team is an interconnected series of small teams that allows for immediate visibility within the group, but maintains the resources support of a large company to solve technology needs. We also support security and cybersecurity needs across the company, in which physical products, tools, and initiatives can have impacts across worldwide usage.
Responsibilities
- Join a software development team that designs, refactors, and maintains code for existing and upcoming features across one or more product lines while meeting a stringent set of standards for security design and testing.
- Work as part of a team that works with and helps clarify requirements while continuously supporting development, integration, automation, and test of the final product through certification.
- Be a part of an agile multidisciplinary development team.
- Embedded systems software engineering.
- Design, develop, and integrate high-speed scalable network software (protocols, device drivers, data plane).
Requirements
- 10+ years' experience using C/C++ in embedded environments.
- 10+ years' experience with network software design and development.
- 7+ years' experience with Linux OS use, ideally for an embedded environment.
- Proven experience with Linux network stack and writing Linux kernel modules.
- Demonstrated experience with networking protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, IPSec, MACsec, TLS, etc.).
- Object-oriented software development experience.
- Agile Scrum development experience.
- Ability to plan, track, and report on progress.
- CI/CD software.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
- US Government position. US Citizenship required.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
Skills
- Experience with DPDK, network applications/services and acceleration.
- Familiarity with bare metal embedded device drivers.
- Experience with microprocessors and embedded processors (NIOS, ARM, RISC-V, etc.).
- Experience with multiple threads and real-time development.
- Experience with RESTConf interface design and implementation.
- Experience with emulation environments.
- Experience with Python.
- Familiarity with standalone embedded applications.
- Experience participating in multi-disciplinary teams.
Pay
Salary range $165,000.00 - $260,500.00 / annually. For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $205,000.00- $307,000.00/ annually.
Schedule
At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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, dependent on the position offered.
Benefits
Learn more about Viasat’s comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.
EEO Statement
Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.