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Viasat
About Viasat
Viasat builds and operates satellite communications: broadband for homes, aircraft and ships, and secure networking for governments and militaries. Most of its openings are engineering and software roles in Carlsbad, California, Tempe, Arizona and Duluth, Georgia, with offices in London and elsewhere abroad and a number of remote roles.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 264 open Viasat roles; typical pay across them is $128k to $285k a year (median $156k).
Live Viasat roles
Updated 1 Nov 2026, 02:02 UTCSenior Manager, Internal Communications (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Remote· 1d agoDetails
$133,000–$210,000/yrSenior Security Specialist, Vulnerability Management (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Carlsbad, California; Reston, Virginia· 3mo agoDetails
$121,000–$191,000/yr- $200,000–$315,500/yr
Internal Communications Manager, Viasat Government (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Carlsbad, California; Washington D. C. +2 more· 4d agoDetails
$121,000–$191,500/yrCyber Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Carlsbad, California· 1mo agoDetails
$140,500–$221,500/yrISO27001 Compliance Analyst (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Carlsbad, California· 2w agoDetails
$147,000–$232,000/yrCampaign Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Dublin, Ireland· 1mo agoDetails
Staff Cyber Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Carlsbad, California; Tempe +6 more· 2mo agoDetails
$140,500–$221,500/yrNetwork Operations Center Manager (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Carlsbad, California· 1mo agoDetails
$144,000–$227,500/yrCloud Engineer - M365 (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Carlsbad, California; Tempe +2 more· 2w agoDetails
$121,000–$191,000/yrCyber Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Carlsbad, California· 1w agoDetails
$165,000–$260,500/yrCyber Security Analyst (opens the job details)
Software & IT · London, United Kingdom· 1w agoDetails
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About Viasat
Satellite broadband and secure communications for consumers, airlines, businesses and governments. It pays $128k–$285k/yr typically (median $156k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed264 open roles on Viasat, independently checked 1 Nov 2026.
Paid as an employee on Viasat's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Carlsbad, CA; Tempe, AZ; Duluth, GA; London, UK; remote in the US
What Viasat pays
From current postings · as of 1 Nov 2026Median $156k/yr, taken across 198 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $40k/yr and as high as $360k/yr.
Measured from 190 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 66 of the 264 listings open here post no pay at all.
Best-paid Viasat openings today
All 264 by payVP Product Line Leader, Global Safety Communications & Services (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Carlsbad, California· 1mo agoDetails
$228,000–$360,000/yrSenior Director, LEO Programs (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Tempe, Arizona, United States· 5d agoDetails
$225,500–$356,500/yrDevice Platform Product Manager (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Carlsbad, California· 2mo agoDetails
$212,500–$335,500/yrSenior Project Engineer, Space & Mission Systems (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Carlsbad, California; Tempe, Arizona· 4d agoDetails
$212,500–$335,500/yrPrincipal Communications Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Carlsbad, California· 2mo agoDetails
$212,500–$335,500/yr
“Typical” here means the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
The work Viasat hires for
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What our research measures about Viasat
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-31 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring264 open roles, 1.5% of all the space roles we read, across 12 kinds of work; 130 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply43.6% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 39.8% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience8.3% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 21.2% name a master's or PhD.
- Degrees and experience6 of its open postings count military experience toward what they ask, and 1 is a SkillBridge internship for service members leaving the military.
- Pay transparency75.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $156,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level7 open roles are for someone starting out (2.7% of its open roles), 3 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.8% of the postings ask for weekend work, 1.9% for overtime or extended hours.
- Shifts, weekends and travel4 of its open postings offer relocation.
- Who can apply1 of its open postings says it does not sponsor work visas.
- Who can applyIt had 26 H-1B visa applications and 17 green card (PERM) certifications from 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Jun 2026, by the Department of Labor's public data (which space companies sponsor H-1B visas and green cards).
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Frequently asked questions
What does Viasat do?
Satellite broadband and secure communications for consumers, airlines, businesses and governments.
How much does Viasat pay?
Openings at Viasat pay $128k–$285k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $156k/yr. We take both from the 198 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $40k/yr; the highest is $360k/yr.
What is it like to work at Viasat?
Viasat pays $128k–$285k/yr typically (median $156k/yr).
Which locations does Viasat hire in?
Carlsbad, CA; Tempe, AZ; Duluth, GA; London, UK; remote in the US
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