Senior Software Technical Lead

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

At Viasat UK, our team provides industry-leading, government-approved Data at Rest encryption solutions to government and defense organizations globally. Our capabilities span multiple systems and platforms across myriad domains, offering versatile projects and exciting opportunities.

As the technical authority for software development of secure digital design solutions at Viasat UK, you will drive engineering excellence and quality governance, empowering the team through optimized processes, modern tools, and robust technical support. This role balances high-impact technical leadership with hands-on project delivery, allocating 80% of your time to project execution and 20% to team mentorship and governance.

In this role, you will work alongside systems engineering and project managers to ensure teams meet their deadlines and internal and external project milestones.

Governance & Technical Enablement

• Process & Tool Ownership: Define and improve the unified software development lifecycle and toolsets.
• Targeted Oversight: Provide deep-dive architectural guidance with a focus on system integration.
• Multi-Disciplinary Governance: Enforce quality standards and stage-gated peer reviews.
• Enabling: Support engineering schedules by proactively removing barriers to ensure technical progress.

Team Mentorship & Development

• Staff Mentorship: Lead, coach, and support career development across the software engineering team.
• Skill Cultivation: Identify training needs, skills gaps, and recruitment requirements to meet business goals.
• Collaborative Culture: Foster cross-discipline synergy between software designers, and the wider engineering team.

Project Execution & Technical Delivery

• Detailed Architectural Design: Lead detailed software architecture design and implementation for embedded systems and user applications.
• Verification & Test Strategy: Spearhead rigorous software design verification (DV) testing.
• Sustaining Engineering: Lead technical support to resolve complex software issues, production bugs, and component obsolescence in legacy systems to guarantee continuous product reliability.

From time to time, you may be asked to undertake other tasks to achieve project or business objectives.

What you'll need

• Experience: 10+ years of domain experience in software engineering.
• Education: Degree in Software Engineering or a similar discipline.
• Technical Enablement: Experience defining processes and toolsets.
• Quality Frameworks: Ability to implement engineering governance and design review metrics.
• Security: Must be a UK sole national and have or be capable of obtaining UK security clearance.

What will help you on the job

• Secure Coding Standards: Familiarity with high-assurance software standards and guidelines (e.g., RUST)
• Low-Level & Systems Programming: Proficiency in C and C++ for embedded systems, microcontrollers, and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Mentorship over Management: Proven track record of coaching engineers to improve output quality without administrative heavy-handedness.

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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. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here .