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Senior Software Engineer - Embedded Network with Security Clearance
ViaSatCarlsbad, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 13 Jul 2026
Quick Overview
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Employee
Level
Mid Senior
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 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 world-wide usage. You will join a software development team that designs, re-factors, 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. As updated standards are released they are deployed across a variety of products and must take into account a variety of competing constraints. Members will be expected to 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. The day-to-day
• Cybersecurity software & systems engineering
• 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) What you'll need
• 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
• 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% What will help you on the job
• Experience with DPDK, network applications/services and acceleration
• Experience with Xilinx environment (Vivado, Petalinux)
• Familiarity with to 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 to standalone embedded applications
• Experience participating in multi-disciplinary teams
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 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 world-wide usage. You will join a software development team that designs, re-factors, 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. As updated standards are released they are deployed across a variety of products and must take into account a variety of competing constraints. Members will be expected to 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. The day-to-day
• Cybersecurity software & systems engineering
• 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) What you'll need
• 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
• 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% What will help you on the job
• Experience with DPDK, network applications/services and acceleration
• Experience with Xilinx environment (Vivado, Petalinux)
• Familiarity with to 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 to standalone embedded applications
• Experience participating in multi-disciplinary teams
Skills
Embedded Systems
Scrum
TCP/IP
Agile
C++
Python
RISC-V
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