Application 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 across four continents, with more than 50 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 works with existing satellite operators, network operators, and device makers to provide subscribers an anywhere, anytime connectivity solution that seamlessly roams between terrestrial and satellite networks. Skylo's focus is on enabling connected services for people outdoors and connected workflows across three main verticals: Industrial IoT, automotive, and mass-market consumer devices. 

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

Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo

Skylo is hiring a Application Engineer to help fulfill Skylo’s mission of making satellite connectivity available to all. This is a high impact role that will collaborate with our network, product, engineering, sales teams to support our engineering activities.

How You Will Contribute

• Collaborate with our Mobile network operators and end device customers to support engineering activities including demos, proof of concepts, and joint integration activities
• Work closely with internal cross functional teams to create a comprehensive tools to enhance the usage of NTN features catered to customer solutions
• Provide hands on technical for customers developing NTN supported products and services
• Be available to the customers and partners engaged and ensure to meet their engineering support requirements 
• Create comprehensive documentation and presentations supporting sales and product teams with emphasis on NTN and Hybrid connectivity
• Integrate tools and triaging means for efficient signal metrics over satellite network elements
• Work collaboratively with product management, core engineering, sales, and other support teams

What We Look For

• B.S in Computer Science with 5+ years of experience in building end-to-end solutions for networking customer-facing product
• Experience with end-to-end products and networking infrastructure over terrestrial 3G/4G/5G or NTN networks
• Familiar with wireless protocols and call flows in LTE, VoLTE, and SMS , be able to understand and analyze PCAP traces
• Experience in demonstrating wireless products and solutions to customers and technology groups
• Familiarity with networking protocols and components such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, and ICMP
• Good understanding of LTE and IOT device interfaces and protocols
• Knowledge of Python, C, Java, and Shell programming languages 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a proven record of customer engagement activities 
• Ability to convey technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Adapt to changing requirements and priorities in the dynamic satellite and NTN connectivity field
• Highly collaborative, attentive to detail, with a proven track record

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 software-defined 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: $150,000-$180,000 per year. 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.