Senior Electrical Engineer & Team Lead

Role Summary

We are looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer & Team Lead to support the development of the electrical and communication interface of Kepler’s satellite to advanced internal and customer designed payloads.

You will be developing hardware solutions to support Kepler’s space technology that requires the utilization of leading technology and practice. You will work closely with other cross-functional engineering teams including RF, mechanical, software, and FPGA to develop full product solutions.

Responsibilities

Team Lead Responsibilities

• Accountable for a small number of direct reports, including conducting regular 1:1s, and managing time off and time tracking approvals.
• Responsible for overseeing onboarding and offboarding processes for team members.
• Ensure team members perform at a high level and complete performance reviews in alignment with company processes.
• Support team members and foster strong collaboration within the team. and strengthen collaboration

Engineering Responsibilities

• Develop and own hardware solutions to support Kepler’s space technology that requires the utilization of leading technology and practices.
• Lead design reviews for active designs to minimize design gaps.
• Conduct and document engineering analysis including derating, reliability, radiation, EMI/EMC, FMECA, and power budgets.
• Contribute to best practices and development of internal standards
• Execute development of future satellite generations, helping push the boundaries of space communications.
• Maintain technical documentation that captures design decisions, design specifications, block diagrams, interface requirements, and system architecture reports.
• Develop full product solutions by working closely with other cross-functional teams

Requirements

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of Hardware Design experience (schematic and layout).
• Lead development of multi-board systems, and handling electrical interface planning and definition
• Experience with schematic and layout of processors, FPGAs, SoCs, DAC/ADCs or other high speed digital components
• Familiar with various memory including QSPI, UFS, DDR3/4, eMMC
• Experience with design and routing for high-Speed Interfaces including JESD204B, 10G Ethernet, etc.
• Experience with 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
• Ability to own 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
• Demonstrates a willingness to adopt and effectively utilize AI-assisted engineering tools, applying sound judgment to improve productivity, quality, and innovation while continuously adapting to evolving technologies

Bonus Points

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

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

Employment Equity & Accommodation Statement

Kepler Communications is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, including women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

If you require accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact our People & Culture team at accommodation@kepler.space , and we will work with you to meet your needs.