Senior Telecommunications 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.

As a Senior Engineer, you will effectively support and provide technical direction to their Telecommunications engineering team or teams to assure the design integrity of a specific project or projects including team performance within stated constraints.

• Ensure work is conducted competently and effectively, within time and budget constraints, and that stated project objectives are satisfied.
• Plans and leads workload and that of the team.
• Establish and maintain an awareness of HS&E across the discipline within assigned project.
• Overall supervision of engineers, designers and technical personnel including sub-contractors in the execution of the project.
• Review and approve selected deliverables produced by other members of the team.
• Accountable for Telecoms material procurement, management and logistics planning.
• Ensure integrity of work scope and that all work is conducted in accordance with applicable project requirements, codes and standards.
• Use proven work methods and standardized deliverables / tools where possible to maximize design efficiency and minimize risk of error.
• Facilitate and develop a productive and cohesive discipline team. Represent the discipline team at internal and external project meetings.
• Ensure personnel consistently work within the Quality Management System.
• Lead design change within project budget and schedule framework.
• Provides early notice of, and work with the project management team to resolve, any impediments to the engineering process.
• Encourage intra-discipline and inter-discipline communication, to facilitate effective project teamwork.
• Assist, guide or mentor (as appropriate, in co-ordination with the Engineering Manager) less experienced team members to develop their technical and project skills.
• Develop and promote initiatives to improve cost effectiveness and productivity on projects.
• Manage project discipline resource requirements and collaborate with the Engineering Manager as required to optimize team composition and size. Attend discipline resourcing co-ordination meetings chaired by the Engineering Manager.
• Assist the Engineering Manager in the recruitment of competent discipline engineering personnel.
• Assist the Engineering Manager with performance appraisals, competency development and career development of team personnel as required.
• Identify software and other tools required to enable the team to function effectively.
• Prepare cost, time and resource requirement estimates for nominated projects, scope changes or proposals.
• Provide timely progress measurement data to the project controller or project manager as agreed for each project.
• Able to deal professionally, fairly and ethically with third parties such as vendors and contractors with due regard to commercial and contractual responsibilities.
• Promote the understanding and application of risk management techniques within the team.

• Bachelor of Engineering degree from a recognized university or technical institute, or proven experience together with appropriate formal qualifications.
• 10 years post-graduation experience.
• Solid understanding of systems such as UHF/VHF Radio, VSAT, PAGA/EAS, CCTV, ACS, LAN/WAN/WIFI/LTE and OSP/Structured Cabling Systems.
• Able to work autonomously with only minimal technical guidance.
• Considerable experience within the Telecommunications industry.
• Experience in the specification, testing, certification and operation of telecommunications for installation in hazardous areas in an industrial environment.
• Knowledge of Federal and International hazardous area standards.
• Experience with specification and purchase of Telecommunications Systems as appropriate for applications in industrial facilities.
• Experienced in vendor liaison, bid evaluation and the procurement lifecycle for all telecommunications system packages including factory testing and vendor document review.
• US Citizen or valid work permit required

• Familiar with all design documentation and their use and be able to originate such documents including block diagrams, hook-up diagrams, termination diagrams, schematics, loops, PAGA speaker layouts, antenna layouts, philosophies, specifications and datasheets.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

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