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
Viasat's Strategic Space Systems (S3) team in Tempe, Arizona, develops space programs of different sizes, from chip scale to full space missions. These programs are vital for the US government and commercial users.
Our business programs have a wide scope and make a huge impact in commercial and defense applications. They include resilient space communications, networking, and remote sensing. The S3 team consists of a small group of skilled engineers who tackle ambitious problems every day.
The role of a Space Mission Systems Engineer within our S3 group is to bridge all the mission areas - space, ground, launch, and support segments. Space Mission Systems Engineers in the group will conceptualize, design, develop, build, integrate, and test flight hardware for an end customer. In many cases, we also handle outstanding missions in orbit as well.
The day-to-day
Cradle-to-grave space mission development from mission concept to on-orbit operations
Develop Space system budgets (RF link, data, power, mass, delta-V, propellant budgets)
Lead System Requirements (Definition, Flow-down, Management, Verification & Validation)
Develop a specification & statement of work to procure a spacecraft bus for various missions
Handle spacecraft bus vendors and learn their platform as they develop and implement a contract
Work with space flight hardware as you prepare for and conduct Space Vehicle Assembly, Integration, & Test (AI&T)
Conduct mission operations for a flight space vehicle - plan and implement exciting mission experiments, trend & analyze space vehicle state-of-health telemetry, and develop & use operations tools
What you'll need
Experience with a flight spacecraft/mission delivery or flight space hardware delivery effort
A minimum of three years experience in Space / Mission Systems engineering
Bachelor's degree in Space Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
U.S. Government Position; U.S. Citizenship Required
Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance Required
Relocation to Tempe will be provided.
What will help you on the job
Professional or academic experience with Ansys/AGI System Tool Kit (STK)
Experience with using Mechanical/Electrical CAD tools
Experience with software/code development using IDEs / text editors
Mathematical modeling and analysis
Experience using Git, SVN, Perforce, or other version control tools
Experience with requirements management & system definition (Cameo, Jama, DOORS, etc.)
Space mission contract experience - proposal development, government contracts, and/or spacecraft bus procurement experience
Detailed understanding of one or more space vehicle subsystems (a history of designing, building, and testing a particular component, module, or assembly within a subsystem)