Frequency and Transmission Planner

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 Satellite Resource Management team is responsible for the optimal configuration of the satellite resources for the Viasat fleet, ensuring efficient use of our satellite resources while maximizing revenue opportunities. The team constantly monitors performance, traffic demands on the network, and service requirements to ensure that network KPIs and SLAs are met. The team also plans and configures the satellite resources to support a blend of Viasat Lease services. This development requires an agile response from the team to set up and configure leases upon request to satisfy quick response times from customers. This post is for a full-time Engineer to configure, operate, and manage the resources on the L band satellite fleet. The role will have access to Resource Planning Tools to monitor traffic commitments and demand across the network, perform trending analyses, and recommend satellite and network reconfigurations to optimize network performance and efficient spectrum utilization. The role requires a responsible and well-organized individual with a strong understanding of RF and modulation theory and excellent verbal and written communication skills. A background in an operational environment would be useful, as would knowledge of VSAT and mobile satellite communications.

The day-to-day

• Support the satellite configuration, operational activities, and spectrum allocation of resources as required by the different Inmarsat services.
• Manage the overall network RF transmissions of the Land Earth Stations worldwide and ensure optimum inter-working of services in the Radio Frequency environment.
• Work with the Senior frequency planner in the optimization of satellite resources allocated across all generations of Viasat fleet of satellites, maximizing the usage of spectrum among all supported services.
• Assist in troubleshooting network issues and support monitoring activities.
• Support the Senior Frequency Planner and GX traffic analyst in maintaining the configuration database of our Satellite Resource Planning systems.
• Liaise with the NOC, RAN Operations, RF Ground Network Engineers, TT&C Engineers, and Lease team for the execution and support of frequency planning operational activities as required.
• Due to the operational nature of the role, the post will involve out of hours ‘on call’ support.

What you'll need

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• An Engineering Degree or equivalent in Mobile Communications/Telematics or in Mobile and Satellite Communications.
• A strong analytical background and knowledge of RF.
• A solid understanding of analogue and digital communications, including link budget analysis and transmission plans.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels.
• Excellent PC skills with good knowledge of MS Office, Server-Client Architectures, Windows/Linux operating systems, and familiarity with Database environments.

What will help you on the job

• Master's Degree in Communications Engineering, preferably Satellite Communications.
• Relevant work experience in mission-critical, real-time operational engineering.
• Experience/knowledge of satellite communications.
• Experience with Google Platform technologies including BigQuery.
• Scripting Language programming experience in Python and/or Matlab.

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.