Staff Engineer, Network Design

Department: Engineering

Location: Mountain View, CA

Employment Type: FullTime

The world still has coverage blind spots. You could help eliminate them at Skylo.

Skylo has pioneered a standards-based approach to satellite connectivity. We connect smartphones and IoT devices directly to satellites. No special hardware, no entirely new networks. Just billions of existing devices, suddenly reachable anywhere on Earth. We're not building toward this future. We're already in it.

Our direct-to-device service is live on millions of activated devices across five continents, covering more than 72 million square kilometers, in partnership with leading satellite operators, mobile network operators, Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs worldwide. And we're just getting started.

At the heart of it all is Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN: a 3GPP standards-based, cloud-native platform that seamlessly bridges terrestrial and satellite networks. It's the infrastructure that makes true anywhere, anytime connectivity possible.

When you join Skylo, you'll work at the intersection of three markets reshaping how the world stays connected: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT. Enabling people outdoors and critical workflows in the world's most remote places.

This is a rare chance to work on technology that matters, at a company that's already proving it works

This role is located Mountain View, CA where we are onsite 3 days a week in office. 

Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo

Skylo is hiring a Staff Engineer, Network Design to help fulfill Skylo’s mission of making satellite connectivity available to all. This individual will play a critical role in designing and optimizing networking infrastructure on-prem and in cloud for Skylo’s commercial network ensuring seamless integration between business needs and technology.

How You Will Contribute 

• Specify & Design network infrastructure including routers, switches, and firewalls.

• Design technical specifications for IP addressing, subnets & VLANs

• Design technical specifications for networking redundancies using VRRP, BGP and OSPF.

• Design technical specifications for Layer 2 technologies like Link Aggregation (LAG) and LACP.

• Design virtual networking solutions across on-prem and public cloud environments (AWS, GCP)

• Design and optimize Kubernetes Container Network Interfaces (CNI) such as Calico, Cilium, or Flannel.

• Develop robust and scalable routing policies and tables with virtual/physical routers and switches.

• Design comprehensive networking security strategies.

• Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to ensure high availability and scalability

• Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Security teams to support network requirements in CI/CD and cloud-native deployments

• Document network architecture, configurations, and procedures for compliance, support and training purposes

• Conduct proof-of-solutions to validate technical proposals.

What We Look For 

• 10+ years of experience in cellular and non-cellular telecom domains.

• Hands-on experience in TCP/IP, network routing and redundancy, and network tunnelling protocols.

• Hands-on experience with network connection aggregation technologies (e.g. LAG, LACP)

• Knowledge with configuration and optimisations of network hardware such as switches, routers, firewalls and LAN/WAN systems.

• Experience working with public cloud networking (AWS VPCs, Azure VNets, GCP networking, etc.)

• Proficiency with virtual networking in cloud and virtualization platforms (VMware NSX, Hyper-V, etc.)

• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes CNI plugins and container networking

• Familiarity with network monitoring and automation tools (e.g., NetBox, Ansible, Terraform)

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

• General knowledge of satellite based communication over LEO & GEO is a plus

• Industry certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, JNCIA/JNCIS, or equivalent is preferred

• Every role at Skylo uses AI tools daily to amplify output. We expect active habits using AI tools and a track record of folding new ones into your workflow quickly

What We Offer

With employees working across three continents, Skylo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. Our worldwide and inclusive culture encourages a flexible approach to work, and we also offer an attractive range benefits such as: 

• Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program 

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan

• Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement

• A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad

• Once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of developing and running world’s first commercial, live direct-to-device satellite network and service 

• Access to world-class team and talent across tech domains: software, hardware, chipsets, telecom, satellite and network virtualization 
  

Additional information

The compensation range for this position is: $180,000 - $195,000 + equity. This range reflects the low and high end of the range Skylo reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role.

EEO Statement
Skylo is an equal-opportunity employer and we celebrate diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, parent or caregiver status, political affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.