Senior Spectrum Engineer

🕒 September 24

🌐 Canada, United States – Remote

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote 🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $151k - $176k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Kepler Communications Inc.

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

🚀 Aerospace

📡 Telecommunications

🎖️ Defense

Aerospace • Telecommunications • Defense

Kepler Communications Inc. is a company focused on advancing mission communications in space. They offer a cutting-edge optical network that facilitates real-time data relay between satellites, addressing the challenges of on-orbit communications. By employing a hybrid RF and optical network, Kepler is turning satellites into Internet exchange points, enabling rapid data transfers for Earth observation, defense, and human space flight. They continue to expand on-space capabilities by improving infrastructure that supports seamless and secure access to space-generated data across various markets, including defense, intelligence, and space sustainability.

📋 Description

• Serve as a technical authority on spectrum engineering, frequency coordination, and regulatory compliance for Kepler’s satellite systems. • Lead development and maintenance of system models incorporating spectrum regulations, coordination requirements, interference constraints, and operational scenarios. • Define and implement spectrum-related functionality within satellite resource-management and mission-planning software. • Identify spectrum risks, constraints, and optimization opportunities. • Lead technical assessments involving emission masks, antenna characteristics, RF propagation, interference, link performance, and launch-to-operational-orbit mission profiles. • Conduct compatibility, sharing, and interference analyses involving NGSO, GSO, terrestrial, and other communications systems. • Support frequency-coordination activities and regulatory submissions to the ITU and national administrations. • Develop, verify, and maintain software tools used to evaluate regulatory compliance and system performance. • Establish analysis methodologies, assumptions, validation practices, and documentation standards. • Identify spectrum-related technical and regulatory risks and develop mitigation strategies with internal stakeholders. • Integrate regulatory requirements, frequency-coordination considerations, and interference constraints into system architecture, analytical models, and resource-management capabilities. • Translate ITU regulations into practical system requirements and technical solutions. • Lead critical analyses, influence system-level design decisions, and provide technical guidance on spectrum strategy, compliance, and performance optimization. • Support cross-functional Systems Engineering, RF, Antenna, Mission Design, and Software teams.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Systems Engineering, Space Engineering, or a related discipline. • At least seven years of relevant engineering experience, including substantial experience in spectrum engineering, satellite communications, RF systems, or frequency coordination. • Strong understanding of orbital mechanics, RF propagation, link analysis, digital communications, antenna systems, and interference modeling. • Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying ITU Radio Regulations, ITU-R Recommendations, or comparable spectrum regulations. • Familiarity with international spectrum regulatory frameworks. • Experience conducting interference, compatibility, and spectrum-sharing analyses for satellite or terrestrial communication systems. • Strong proficiency with programming languages such as C/C++, Python, or MATLAB. • Experience developing, validating, and maintaining technical software or system models. • Ability to lead complex technical investigations and translate findings into clear recommendations and system requirements. • Strong technical writing, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills. • Ability to work independently while providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.

🏖️ 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. • Company-wide holiday shutdown. • Semi-annual company-wide parties. • Frequent in-office team events. • Relocation packages available for approved roles. • $1,500 annual professional development fund. • Fully stocked Toronto office kitchen with snacks, drinks, games and top-notch kitchen appliances. • Town Halls, Celebration Calls, and Company-wide events. • Great Place to Work® certification.

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