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Viasat Systems Engineer Salary

Viasat's 23 open roles for systems engineers post a median $183k/yr, typically $155k–$285k/yr, from 19 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Viasat role
median $156k/yr
Viasat's systems engineers: 17% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
Viasat: 20% above it
Highest posted top
$336k/yr
Senior Project Engineer, Space & Mission Systems

Typical pay is 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. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Viasat systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior5$233k/yr$183k–$315k/yr
Lead3Too few figures
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Senior manager1Too few figures
Title names no level13$155k/yr$122k–$224k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Viasat hires systems engineers

  • Carlsbad, CA10 roles, median $155k/yr
  • Tempe, AZ7 roles, median $169k/yr
  • Georgia5 roles, median $183k/yr
  • United States4 roles, median $172k/yr
  • Germantown, MD2 roles
  • Brazil1 role
  • Independence, OH1 role
  • Linthicum Heights, MD1 role
  • Marlborough, MA1 role

Open Viasat roles for systems engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 20:02 UTC

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Questions about Viasat pay for systems engineers

How much does Viasat pay systems engineers?

Viasat's open roles for systems engineers post a median $183k/yr, typically $155k–$285k/yr, from 19 distinct pay figures in 20 of its 23 postings. Typical pay here is 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. The highest posted top is $336k/yr, for Senior Project Engineer, Space & Mission Systems.

What does Viasat pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $233k/yr (5 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Viasat pay systems engineers more than other space companies?

Viasat's median, $183k/yr, is 20% above the $152k/yr median of the 1,441 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (Viasat's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at Viasat?

Viasat's roles for systems engineers post a median $183k/yr, 17% above the $156k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Viasat salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Viasat hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Carlsbad, CA (10), Tempe, AZ (7), Georgia (5), United States (4) and Germantown, MD (2). By place, they post a median of $155k/yr in Carlsbad, CA, $169k/yr in Tempe, AZ and $183k/yr in Georgia.