Electrical Design Engineer

Join Kepler, a leading space technology company, as an Electrical Design Engineer. In this role, you will support the development of the electrical and communication interface of Kepler's satellite payload, develop hardware solutions, conduct engineering analysis, and maintain technical documentation. You will work closely with cross-functional engineering teams and have the opportunity for professional development, unlimited vacation, comprehensive health coverage, stock options, and flexible work options.

• Support the development of the electrical and communication interface of Kepler’s satellite payload, including hardware solutions for space technology.
• Conduct and document engineering analysis, including derating, reliability, radiation, EMI/EMC, FMECA, and power budgets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to develop full product solutions, ensuring successful integration of hardware, software, FPGA, and subsystems.
• Ability to identify technical risks early, develop mitigation strategies, and drive resolution through design reviews, testing, and cross-functional collaboration
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Proven experience integrating processors, FPGAs, and SoCs into high-performance embedded systems, including successful implementation and debugging of high-speed digital interfaces
• Familiarity with clocking architectures, oscillator selection, timing distribution, and synchronization requirements in complex digital systems
• 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
• 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
• Demonstrated success collaborating across multidisciplinary teams including RF, FPGA, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering to deliver integrated product solutions
• Proven capability designing passive and active analog signal-conditioning circuits, including filter design, analysis, and validation
• 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
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Strong proficiency with industry standard schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium Designer or equivalent
• 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