Job Description

About us:

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.
What you'll do:

The Solutions Engineer focus specializes in operational/aviation projects/programs. Manages engineering, technical, and procurement activities related to planning, executing, supervising, control of technical, operational, financial, budgeting, and contractual commitments.


The Solutions Engineer will understand customer needs, recommend and apply Viasat and 3rd party technologies into customer systems, demonstrate capabilities and take part in technical customer briefings and support capture / business development / proposal activities.


The day-to-day:
Technical responsibility for customer solutions and engineering implementation through leadership, systems engineering approach, and execution of contract deliverables while identifying and mitigating risks, and collaborating with customers. Convey the needs of the customer to the program, business development, and engineering teams. Able to communicate benefits of new technology and novel integration to the clients. Support the development, installation and maintenance of various systems (including the Iris Test Facility) being used by Viasat and its partners for Air Traffic Management programs in the region. Serve as the primary technical interface to the customer(s) representing the program/service offering team and Viasat as a whole. Apply a collaborative/consultative working and leadership style, relying on common sense and personal competence for persuasion and consensus building. Support the business unit in assessing market/product offerings and opportunities, representing overarching engineering viewpoint of the ability of the business unit to execute to derived cost and schedule requirements. Participate in technical feasibility reviews and decision-making regarding new products/projects Lead performance monitoring and improvement of our customer's experience. Coordinates departmental or multi-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products.

What you'll need:
Understanding of air traffic management and ATM systems, Experience in networking and services, delivering integrated products and software development. Understanding solution designs, network architecture, storage solutions, cloud and hosting solutions, Ability to work independently with minimum supervision. Experience participating in multi-disciplined engineering execution with team over diverse geographical locations.

What will help you on the job:
Proven track record to contribute to proposal efforts and participate in ongoing business development and Proof of Concept deployments. Demonstrated understanding and experience contributing across product life cycle. Ability to coordinate, plan and implement customer facing demonstrations, either as standalone or as part of a larger architecture.

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. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.