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# Hardware Engineer (PWB / PWA Design), Early Career

- **Company:** Viasat, Inc.
- **Location:** Carlsbad, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $85,000 - $158,500
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Network Layer, Network Service, Software Tools, SC Clearance, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fa425539f412ade3

## About the Role

* Education: Completion of Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related field
 * Experience: This role is intended for someone with 0-3 years of full-time, relevant industry experience
 * Citizenship: This position requires U.S. Citizenship
 * Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Clearance
 * Additional:
 + Familiarity with microprocessor, FPGA, memory, networking, optical, and power supply components
 + Understand basic concepts of design for manufacture, assembly, and test
 + Proficient with, or able to rapidly learn, use of test equipment - lab bench power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, eye pattern analyzers, and traffic generators
 + The ability to prioritize tasks, meet schedule and see a program to completion
 + Strong organizational skills and ability to work with system, hardware, firmware, software, and test teams

What will help you on the job:

 * Experience with modeling and simulation, schematic, CAD, or signal propagation software tools using Mentor Graphic DxDesigner, Expedition/Planner, and Hyperlynx
 * Knowledge of encryption and information assurance technologies
 * Knowledge of network communication concepts
 * Knowledge of Make or buy analysis
 * General understanding of market needs and customer use cases
 * Masters' degree in Electrical Engineering
 * Active Secret clearance
 * Ability to prioritize tasks, meet schedule and see a program to completion.
 * Strong organizational skills and ability to work with system, hardware, firmware, software, and test teams
 * Knowledge of encryption and information assurance technologies
 * Knowledge of network communication concepts
 * Trade study and analysis
 * Ability to travel, up to 10%

## Description

This is a role for a hardware engineer who is eager to contribute to a small, fast-paced team. You will help design, document, implement, prototype, and test cutting edge high speed digital circuit boards for encrypted communications systems including Layer 2 and Layer 3 In-line Network Encryptors, and embedded cryptographic devices. You will interface and collaborate with system, programmable logic, software, and test engineers as new capabilities are developed and transitioned into service. In addition, you will provide support to production and product support to help support operational networks when support is required from development.
The day-to-day:

 * Designing, prototyping, and testing high speed (up to 10GbE) digital circuit boards to include microprocessor, FPGA, memory, networking, optical, and power supply components
 * Design for manufacture, assembly, and test
 * Modeling and simulation, schematic, CAD, and signal propagation software tools using Mentor Graphic DxDesigner, Expedition/Planner, and Hyperlynx
 * Work with test equipment - lab bench power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, eye pattern analyzers, and traffic generators
 * Work with technology suppliers and subcontractors