Electrical Design Engineer (Contingent)

Kepler Communications • Toronto, ON

41d • CA$113,474 - CA$163,474 • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for an Electrical Design Engineer to support the development of the electrical and communication interface of Kepler’s satellite payload; a communication router between multiple communication protocols including Optical, Ku-band, and S-band.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and validating complex electronic hardware systems from concept through production, with demonstrated ownership of technical deliverables and successful design execution
• Proven ability to lead hardware development efforts from concept definition through schematic design, PCB layout and/or layout oversight, integration, verification, and design validation testing
• Strong proficiency with industry standard schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium Designer or equivalent
• Proven experience integrating processors, FPGAs, and SoCs into high-performance embedded systems, including successful implementation and debugging of high-speed digital interfaces
• Ability to design and validate mixed-signal circuitry incorporating ADCs, DACs, sensors, and precision analog signal chains while meeting performance requirements such as noise, accuracy, and dynamic range
• Demonstrated success implementing and troubleshooting high-speed interfaces such as JESD204B, Ethernet (1G/10G+), PCIe, or equivalent protocols, including signal integrity considerations and laboratory validation
• Familiarity with clocking architectures, oscillator selection, timing distribution, and synchronization requirements in complex digital systems
• Proven capability designing passive and active analog signal-conditioning circuits, including filter design, analysis, and validation
• Ability to identify technical risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and drive resolution through design reviews, testing, and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong hands-on debugging and root-cause analysis skills with experience using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, logic analyzers, and other laboratory equipment to validate hardware performance and resolve complex issues
• Ability to develop test plans, execute validation activities, analyze results, and clearly communicate findings and recommendations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce comprehensive design documentation including requirements, specifications, interface definitions, test plans, and engineering reports
• Demonstrated success collaborating across multidisciplinary teams including RF, FPGA, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering to deliver integrated product solutions

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Ability to develop interface control requirements and system-level integration strategies that enable successful hardware, software, FPGA, and subsystem interoperability
• Experience conducting and documenting analyses such as reliability assessments, derating evaluations, FMECA, power budgets, EMI/EMC assessments, and environmental qualification planning
• Experience designing memory subsystems utilizing technologies such as QSPI, eMMC, DDR3/DDR4, UFS, or similar, including interface bring-up, timing validation, and performance characterization
• Experience designing power distribution, monitoring, and fault-management architectures, including implementation of health monitoring, protection mechanisms, and FDIR concepts

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware solutions to support Kepler’s space technology that requires the utilization of leading technology and practices
• Support design reviews for active designs to minimize design gaps
• Conduct and document engineering analysis including derating, reliability, radiation, EMI/EMC, FMECA, and power budgets
• Support pathfinding development for future satellite generations that will utilize new technology and interfaces including UFS, 10G+ Ethernet, PCIE5, various other high-speed interfaces, new memory technology, and processors
• 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 engineering teams including RF, mechanical, software, and FPGA

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with a robust equity plan to share in our success.
• Comprehensive coverage for health, dental, and vision insurance—including dependents.
• Unlimited vacation, supportive parental leave policy, and company-wide holiday shutdown.
• Semi-annual company-wide parties and frequent in-office team events.
• Relocation packages available for approved roles.
• $1,500 annual professional development fund to support your growth.
• Fully stocked Toronto office kitchen with snacks, drinks, games and top-notch kitchen appliances.
• Town Halls, Celebration Calls, and Company-wide events to stay connected and engaged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level