Hardware Engineer

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.

We are seeking an Electronic Hardware Engineer to reinforce our Lausanne Hardware team. As a key team member, you will join a multidisciplinary R&D team of hard-working and passionate individuals developing groundbreaking satellite communications system technologies. You will design highly reliable analog and mixed-signal electronics and ensure we meet the required functional specifications, considering electrical, size and weight constraints, as well as aspects related to land mobile and aerospace environment. 

In collaboration with your project team members, you fully own the whole development cycle of electronic boards 

• Design, develop, test, optimize and integrate highly reliable analog and mixed-signal electronics for phased array antennas.

• Liaise and manage customer requirements and drive architecture and circuit design, component selection and procurement, PCB design, board bring up, testing and design for production

• Experience of working from end to end with global suppliers and manufacturer thorough to mass production including documentation.

• Partner with Radio frequency, mechanical and software internal and external experts 

• Experience in working with with suppliers and manufactures worldwide.

You are a meticulous, open-minded and well-organized person, motivated to perform multiple tasks in a wide-ranging environment. You enjoy taking ownership of the agreed work and completing it autonomously. When needed, you easily ask for support from our multi-disciplinary engineering team, and collaborate with external partners. Great teammate, problem solver and hands-on engineer, you never hesitate to take the extra step for the team to succeed 

• MSc or equivalent, in electronic engineering or a related field.

• 5+ years of proven proven experiences in hardware or electrical engineering, in highly
  regulated/demanding environments like airborne, space, automotive or medical.
  
• Experience managing customer requirementwith suppliers and manufacturing to mass production
• Strong knowledge and at ease with board schematic tools, ideally Altium36
• Low volt, high current, low noise, high transients, DC power supply
• Digital electronics and high-speed interfaces
• Concept breadboards, architecture definition, schematics/layout design simulation, prototype bring-up, design verification, manufacturing documentation, and production release;
• Quality by Design; Design for Manufacturing/Assembling/Testing/Maintenance
• Enjoying lab activities; at ease with various test equipment – oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, vector network analyzer and similar
• Team player; listener; constructive challenger; open to criticism; hands-on;problem solver.
• Analytical; rigorous; strong documentation skills; ability to report on technical solutions and findings.

 
• Co-design with mechanical engineers working on Solidworks
 
• PCB analysis with Ansys SIwave; LTspice;
 
• Close collaborations with 20-30GHz RF design engineers, embedded SW/PL design
 engineers

 
• Space, Telecom background preferred

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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.