Staff Embedded Software Designer, Kepler
+ Equity Plan
Satellite communications company
Open for applications
Satellite communications company
201-500 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity Plan
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the internet for space.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of embedded software development experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Strong proficiency in C and modern C++
- Experience developing software for embedded Linux environments
- Experience working close to operating system internals, including concurrency, IPC, synchronization, memory management, and hardware/software interfaces
- Experience integrating and debugging complex software systems across multiple abstraction layers
- Experience with embedded build systems and toolchains such as Yocto/OpenEmbedded, Buildroot, CMake, or similar
- Ability to debug and optimize software in resource-constrained or performance-sensitive environments
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional engineering environments
- Ability to work effectively across distributed teams and time zones
Desirable
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Experience developing software for aerospace applications
- Experience implementing embedded security solutions such as secure boot, hardware security modules (HSMs), certificate/key management, authentication, or encrypted communications
- Familiarity with Linux networking concepts and infrastructure, including routing, interfaces, netlink, or packet-processing pipelines
- Experience developing multi-stage bootloaders
- Strong knowledge of computer networking and modern networking protocols
- Experience with RTL (Verilog and/or VHDL) and embedded SoCs
What the job involves
- We're on the hunt for a top-tier Embedded Software Engineer
- Your focus will be on software development and maintenance required for both space and ground-based assets for a growing fleet of spacecraft
- You'll be relied upon for input and decisions that will directly impact design and operation
- Design, develop, and maintain reliable, high-quality embedded software for both spacecraft and ground-based systems supporting a growing fleet of satellites
- Linux networking infrastructure, including routing, control-plane, and dataplane integration
- Developing software for FPGA-based platforms, including bring-up, driver integration, and optimization of memory-mapped interfaces between processing cores and custom IP
- Develop automated tests, validation tools, and technical documentation to support robust software delivery and long-term maintainability
- Participate in software architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews to ensure software quality and system reliability
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define system requirements, debug complex issues, and evolve system architecture
- Identify performance gaps, reliability risks, and architectural shortcomings in existing systems, and drive improvements across the software stack
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers while contributing to engineering best practices and development standards
Our take
Low Earth Orbit satellites pass over Earth once every 90 minutes, passing data and communications through radio waves. Kepler, which was founded by Alumni of the University of Toronto’s aerospace community, responds to the opinion that these small daily intervals are not enough, as the need for the internet outside of Earth is set to become more prevalent.
Kepler has 23 satellites in low-Earth orbit, with plans for a future network of over 100. Its satellite technology sets the company apart, as they are much smaller and cheaper than traditional alternatives. It mainly serves the maritime and aviation industries, as well as governments.
An influx of funding has enabled Kepler to grow, with a total of over $200 million raised. Its optical data relay network, originally planned for launch in 2024, was delayed a couple of years. It is, however, now becoming a reality, with an initial launch of 10 satellites.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2026
$0.6m
GRANT
Apr 2026
$5.1m
GRANT
Total funding: $178.8m
Company benefits
- Unlimited Vacation
- Comprehensive Health Coverage
- Stock Options
- Flexible & Hybrid Work Options
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Junction-Wallace Emerson, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Mina Mitry
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously the Director of Engineering at teaBOT and President of the University of Toronto Aeronautics Team.
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