Director, Software Engineering - Aviation
Company: viasat
Location: Carlsbad
Posted on: November 27, 2025
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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 youll do You will provide
strategic direction and leadership for the definition, development
of software for edge platforms used in Aviation, delivering
connectivity with Viasat’s networks. You will manage the
engineering teams, manage the tradeoffs, and find the best solution
to meet market needs. You will own schedule, cost, performance, and
quality. Your teams will find innovative ways to delight customers
and adopt new technology to deliver better and faster. The
day-to-day • Drive the engineering design, development, maintenance
for Viasat’s edge platform software for aviation. • Oversee
distributed systems architecture, service orchestration, technology
choices. Manage application lifecycle and tech debt. Maintain
guidelines for CI/CD, testing and automation, observability, and
infrastructure as code. • Develop high-performance software
optimized for a constrained hardware environment. • Mentor and
guide engineers and technical leads, develop engineering talent,
foster a culture of innovation, operational excellence, and
continuous improvement. • Ensure effective resource allocation,
risk mitigation, and timely delivery within budget. Maintain
exacting standards, measured through metrics, for reliability,
security, and customer satisfaction. • Find emerging trends in
cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, platform engineering,
evaluate and incorporate advances that drive platform capability
and efficiency. • Drive transformation to increase velocity (time
to market), quality, and reliability. Boost quality significantly
in measurable ways (internal and customer measurements) •
Collaborate multi-functionally with the Software Architecture team
to establish and advocate for engineering standards, improve
deployment and scaling strategies, and expedite the delivery of
impactful solutions. What youll need 15 YoE Demonstrated success
Developing, and delivering secure software solutions for complex
highly scalable systems for customer venues with hardware Must have
developed high-performance software optimized for a resource
constrained hardware environment like a single server Leading and
developing a globally distributed team of 50 highly capable
engineers Delivering at quality, with cost and schedule efficiency
with a rapidly evolving roadmap Expertise Distributed systems, OS,
diagnostics and analytics, data, modern programming languages,
frameworks, software development, networking, APIs Strong written
and oral communication skills to persuade through influence
Analytical skills, and the ability and willingness to dig into
details to get to the right answers What will help you on the job
Please note that this is an on-site/hybrid role located at one of
our campuses in Carlsbad, CA, Germantown, MD, Marlborough, MA, or
Duluth, GA. Salary range $220,500.00 - $348,500.00 / annually. For
specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area
and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this
role is $274,000.00- $411,000.00/ annually At Viasat, we consider
many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of
the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay
may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and
experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as
part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of
medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the
position offered. 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.
Keywords: viasat, Carlsbad , Director, Software Engineering - Aviation, IT / Software / Systems , Carlsbad, California
