Senior Wireless Systems 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 provides 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 Espoo, Finland where we are onsite 3 days a week in office.

Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo 

Skylo is hiring a Senior Wireless Systems Engineer to help fulfill Skylo’s mission of making satellite connectivity available to all. This individual will play a critical role in our mission to deliver highly reliable and ubiquitous network connectivity around the world. This is a great opportunity for you who are interested in shaping the future of communications and seeing your work have an immediate global impact across industries.

How You Will Contribute

• Monitor and conduct research on 3GPP NTN RAN specifications and updates. Create detailed technical documentation and reports and communicate updates and changes to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the team to define and propose 3GPP contributions that support Skylo's services and roadmap.
• Develop features for chipset and device certification roadmap based on conducted research to protect Skylo network and enable value added services.
• Collaborate with partners to ensure technical alignment on Skylo requirements and 3GPP NTN standards.
• Optimize Skylo network performance by conducting comprehensive analysis, benchmarking under various conditions, and proposing solutions to enhance overall efficiency, reliability, and minimize latency.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams, contributing to design reviews and test plans for high-quality standards.
• Collaborate and effectively communicate with partners, vendors and Skylo stakeholders. 
• Work closely with other cross-functional teams, including base station/core, network, platform engineering and quality analysis teams.
• Innovate and add to the Skylo IP portfolio.
• Mentor junior engineers, and drive analysis for wireless technology solutions.

What We Look For 

• PhD/masters degree in Telecommunication, Electrical Engineering  or a related field.
• 10 years total experience
• 5+ years experience as a Wireless researcher or Systems Engineer with a focus on Wireless RAN standards.
• In-depth knowledge of wireless communication 3GPP standards such as NB-IOT, 5G and LTE.
• Experience with protocol development and standardization processes along with 3GPP contributions is a plus.
• Understanding of satellite network technologies is highly desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to a diverse audience.
• Proven ability to conduct detailed research and propose effective solutions.
• Strong debugging skills and experience with relevant tools.
• Programming capabilities with experience in Python or Matlab. 
• Proven track record of thriving in a fast-paced, rapidly growing and evolving startup environment is preferred.
• Highly collaborative, with superior communication and leadership skills, comfortable working with teams from diverse backgrounds.

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 plans
• 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 characteristic