Principal Network Integration Engineer

About Skylo

Skylo is a global Non-Terrestrial Network service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over existing satellites. Skylo’s direct-to-device service is now live on millions of activated devices across five continents, with more than 60 million square kilometers of coverage, in partnership with multiple satellite operators, mobile network operators (MNOs), Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs. Devices connected over satellite are managed and served by Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN, featuring a 3GPP standards-based cloud-native base station and core. Skylo provides an anywhere, anytime connectivity solution that seamlessly roams between terrestrial and satellite networks. Our focus is on enabling connected services for people outdoors and connected workflows across three main verticals: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT.

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 Principal Network Integration Engineer to help fulfill Skylo’s mission of making satellite connectivity available to all. This individual will lead the end-to-end integration of multi-vendor 4G/5G and NTN network elements across cloud-native and on-premises environments, architect scalable automation frameworks, and ensure resilient, high-performance satellite network operations from design through live deployment.

How You Will Contribute 

• Lead the logical integration of multi-vendor network elements (RAN, Core, HSS) across on-premises and cloud-native infrastructures.
• Validate satellite-specific configurations (ephemeris data, beam planning, frequency mapping) with partners for reliable link performance.
• Collaborate with Network Design and Cloud Application teams to define architectural best practices for optimized cloud-native integration and scalability.
• Manage the DevOps team to architect automated CI/CD and "audit-as-code" integration frameworks.
• Oversee execution of high-precision Methods of Procedure for software and patch rollouts, leveraging automation to minimize errors and maintenance windows.
• Define, audit, and enforce network baseline configurations and "gold standards," managing large-scale parameter changes for stability.
• Establish critical KPIs, metrics, and automated Dashboards to transition implementations to live operations and real-time health monitoring.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison, driving architectural best practices across engineering, deployment, and operations teams.

What We Look For 

• 10+ years of 4G/5G expertise covering RAN, Core, subscriber data management, and Diameter/ Signaling.
• Experience in network integration, and software deployments, including configuration management and beam planning
• Knowledge of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) and Private Network architectures, especially for ad-hoc enterprise connectivity.
• Strong understanding of RF engineering and frequency planning, specifically link budgets and interference management.
• Proven ability to align network functions with cloud-native deployment processes and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on proficiency in Ansible, Terraform, and Python for managing CNFs within Kubernetes environments.
• Expertise in scaling Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stacks to map technical telemetry to actionable business KPIs.
• Deep knowledge of network security (IPsec, PKI, TLS) and automated auditing for software and configuration drift.

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 
• Open, transparent, inclusive culture that blends the Silicon Valley, Nordic and South Asia characteristics
  

Additional information

The compensation range for this position is: $239,920.00 - $254,915. 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.