Principal Network Architect – NTN & Cloud Core Lead

Skylo Technologies; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 229,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-option based equity

Medical, dental, vision

Wellness reimbursement

Flexible time off

Work abroad opportunities

Job summary

Skylo Technologies is seeking a Principal Network Engineer, Architecture & System Design to shape the blueprint of our satellite connectivity network. You will drive end-to-end designs covering Base Station, Ground Station, Core Network, and cloud integrations for NTN systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and high performance.

You will lead a small team, define architecture roadmaps, and collaborate with product and field teams to deliver on Skylo’s mission of ubiquitous satellite

Qualifications

• 20+ years of network design and planning experience.
• Experience with Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN).
• End-to-end network architecture expertise.
• Proven ability to perform vendor and product evaluations and selection.
• Experience with 3GPP standards, cloud-native architectures, and network virtualization.
• Hands-on with LTE eNodeB and 5G gNodeB.
• Experience with EPC Core and 5G Core.
• Understanding of cloud technologies such as VMs, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop end-to-end service designs for network solutions, including Base Station, Ground Station, Core Network, and Cloud App integrations for Non-Terrestrial networks.
• Create technical specifications, engineering plans, and documentation with detailed designs for network elements.
• Optimize existing networks and services for cost-efficiency, performance, and scalability.
• Perform technical evaluations and contribute to system operability testing.
• Conduct proof-of-solutions to validate technical proposals.
• Provide technical support during solution implementation and deployment.
• Define interoperability, standards compliance, and feature introduction for the network.
• Lead a small team of engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance, and career development.
• Oversee project deliverables and ensure alignment with team and company goals

Skills

3GPP standards

Cloud-native architectures

vRAN

LTE eNodeB

5G gNodeB

EPC Core

5G Core

Docker & Kubernetes

Network design & planning

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Virtual Machines

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Skylo Technologies is seeking a Principal Network Engineer, Architecture & System Design to shape the blueprint of our satellite connectivity network. You will drive end-to-end designs covering Base Station, Ground Station, Core Network, and cloud integrations for NTN systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and high performance.

You will lead a small team, define architecture roadmaps, and collaborate with product and field teams to deliver on Skylo’s mission of ubiquitous satellite