Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Our mission is to provide real-time on-orbit connectivity for critical missions, enabling a new era of data-driven intelligence and innovation. With 33 satellites launched to date, Kepler operates the first commercial optical data relay constellation, enabling real-time, continuous space communications while supporting advanced on-orbit compute and hosted payload capabilities. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and own hardware solutions to support Kepler’s space technology that requires the utilization of leading technology and practices

• Heavily support design reviews for all active designs to minimize design gaps and drive learnings for younger engineers

• Supporting pathfinding development for future satellite generations that will utilize new technology and interfaces including UFS, 10G+ Ethernet, PCIe 5.0, various other high-speed interfaces, new memory technology, and processors

• Conduct and document engineering analysis including derating, reliability, radiation, EMI/EMC, FMECA, and power budgets 

• Contribute to best practices and development of internal standards 

• Maintain thorough technical documentation that captures design decisions, design specifications, block diagrams, interface requirements, and system architecture reports

• Work closely with other cross-functional engineering teams including RF, mechanical, software, and FPGA to develop full product solutions   

• Develop full product solutions by working closely with other cross-functional engineering teams including RF, mechanical, software, and FPGA

• Drive knowledge-sharing activities to build up the technical knowledge of more junior engineers

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent. 

• 7+ years of hardware design experience (schematic and layout), including a strong background of: 

• Leading development of multi-board systems and handling electrical interface planning and definition 

• Performing schematic design and layout of processors, FPGAs, SoCs, DAC/ADCs or other high speed digital components 

• Familiarity with various memory types and interfaces including QSPI, UFS, DDR3/4, eMMC 

• Design and routing for high-speed interfaces including JESD204B, 10G Ethernet, etc. 

• Clock generation, PLLs, jitter cleaning, clock distribution, and general concepts around timing stability and coherency 

• Experience working in a rapid learning / agile environment that drives early learnings when requirements are not locked down or when attribute development is needed. 

• Demonstrated willingness and ability to leverage AI-assisted engineering and development tools to improve productivity, design quality, and innovation while adapting to evolving technologies and best practices

• Experience leading a project from the architecture stage to the design validation stage. 

• Comfortable in a lab environment and experience using standard tools such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, VNA’s, etc. 

• Strong communication skills and ability to put together thorough design documentation 

Bonus Points:

• Experience designing for space, aerospace or other high-reliability (high-rel) environments
• Experience designing hardware/systems to operate in a radiation environment (LEO)
• Low-level electrical design; high-speed layout
• Experience working with Altium 

Salary Range: $123,346 - 183,346 CAD

Actual total compensation will be determined at the Company’s discretion and is based on a variety of job-related factors, which may include, but are not limited to, relevant knowledge, skills, experience, performance, and education and/or training. The Company encourages all qualified applicants to apply, even if the posted salary range does not align with their expectations, as it does not reflect our total compensation package. 
Job Type: This is for a current vacancy