Electrical Architect, Kepler
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Office located in Ward Street, ON
Satellite communications company
Open for applications
Satellite communications company
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
More information about location
Office located in Ward Street, ON
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build the internet for space.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field
- 10+ years of electrical hardware design experience including significant experience in an Electrical Architect role
- Experienced in mixed-signal, high-speed, and power systems, including complex systems with multiple processing elements in the space environment
- Experience in space industry electrical development, including flight hardware and ground systems
- Familiarity with NASA and ESA ECSS standards (e.g., ECSS-E-ST-20C)
- Knowledge of hardware/software co-design and FPGA-based processing architectures
- Strong communication skills and the ability to create professional design standards and thorough robust design documentation
- Experience leading complex technical projects from start to finish
What the job involves
- Own end-to-end electrical architecture for satellite power and communication systems, ensuring scalability, maintainability, reliability, and performance
- Establish system-level electrical requirements, including interface management, clocking architectures, power and electrical budgets and flow-down of mission objectives
- Collaborate with architects from other disciplines to inform, align, and guide the spacecraft design
- Act as a subject matter expert, establish requirements for and lead the evaluation of COTS and other system and subsystem level components, specifically focusing on the electrical discipline
- Ensure the quality of system, subsystem, and unit-level designs within electrical systems, while providing technical guidance to electrical designers and engineers
- Lead and/or support project team sizing and resource planning efforts across internal and external programs, ensuring alignment and managing cost targets and development schedules
- Represent Electrical Engineering at Kepler during internal and external design reviews (e.g. PDR,CDR, etc.)
- Assist in the establishment and modification of internal electrical design processes and procedures
- Maintain comprehensive architecture documentation, design rationale, and implementation guidelines
- Stay informed on emerging trends, industry standards, and best practices in space electrical architecture
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 its latest funding round bringing its total to over $200M. While it planned to launch its optical data relay network in 2024, it's not yet operational, it has, however, successfully tested optical inter-satellite links and plans to deploy an initial fleet of 10 optical satellites, complementing its existing radio frequency system and advancing its goal of global connectivity.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2023
$92m
SERIES C
Jun 2021
$60m
SERIES B
Total funding: $173.1m
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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