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Lead Software Engineer

RigNet

RigNet

Software Engineering
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Posted on Mar 25, 2026
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 successful candidate will work on a mission-critical software development program for the ground systems of LEO constelaltion. We are looking for a candidate with a strong analytical skills and hands on software development background with technical mentorship experience. In this role, you will understand the technical landscape, set the direction for the team, find ways to move forward when obstacles arise


The day-to-day

- Participate in system design and definition efforts of resource management applications for LEO satellites.

- Apply your knowledge of 5G RAN resource management to optimize resources of distributed ground network supporting LEO satellites

- Drive software architecture, design and implementation efforts

- Participate in DevOps efforts

- Opportunity to play the technical lead role for a small team.

- Travel up to 10%.


What you'll need

- 8 - 10years in C, C++, Golang, Python, and Linux scripting experience

- 3GPP NR, LTE, NB-IoT protocol stack knowledge/experience

- Experience solving large scale network solution through algorithmic solutions and application of AI/ML

- Strong debugging and troubleshooting for cloud native applications

- Experience designing CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Github actions

- Demonstrated experience with public cloud technologies in any of AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related field


What will help you on the job

- Experience with O-RAN based gNB management framework

- Experience developing rApps/xApps and strong ML concepts for problem solving is a plus

- Willingness to support production network for your own software (concurrent with working hours)

- Strong verbal and visual presentation skills


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.