Viasat
Machine Learning Engineer - Satellite Capacity Optimization & Planning
Carlsbad, California
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$22,510 more — $163,010 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $163,010 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate.
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Responsibilities
- You will be a hands-on ML engineer building platforms and tooling to optimize supply allocation across our global satellite fleet to meet customer demand, and provide business stakeholders with planning insights.
- Develop models, optimizations, and tools for dynamic supply-demand optimization scenarios
- Build and maintain production ML systems in cloud-native, containerized environments
- Collaborate with SMEs and stakeholders to understand requirements and validate optimization approaches
- Implement and iterate on demand/supply demand/supply modeling strategy and validate feasibility of optimization approaches
- Build and maintain APIs that expose ML capabilities to downstream consumers
- Experience building production ML systems in cloud environments (AWS/GCP)
- Skilled at building geospatial visualizations and telling data-driven stories
- Comfortable building and maintaining RESTful APIs
Requirements
- 7+ years in ML/optimization roles
- Experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or equivalent)
- Cloud-native containerized application development experience
- Ability to travel up to 10%
- Experience in satellite communications domain - link budgets, orbital mechanics
- Experience with ECS, Batch, or similar orchestration tools
Skills
- Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Compensation
- $140,500.00 - $221,500.00 / annually.
- For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $174,000.00- $261,000.00/ annually
- At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience.
- Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.
Benefits
- Production reinforcement learning systems experience
- Learn more about Viasat's comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.
Company info
- Global challenges.
- Infinite opportunities.
- At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world.
- We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.
Equal opportunity
- Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment.
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