Direct-to-device satellite connectivity for smartphones and IoT devices
Skylo runs a non-terrestrial network that links phones and cellular IoT devices to existing satellites through a cloud-native, 3GPP-based vRAN and core. Hiring skews heavily toward senior, staff and principal engineers, and active projects in NR-NTN L1/L2 protocol stacks, IPX hubbing and roaming settlement show the company building both the radio layer and the commercial plumbing for carrier partnerships. A deep AWS footprint sits alongside GCP, Terraform and Pulumi.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Talent Acquisition
Skylo is a privately held non-terrestrial network service provider headquartered in Mountain View, California, founded in 2017. Its service lets smartphones and cellular IoT devices connect directly over existing satellites, managed by Skylo's own standards-based virtualized RAN and core. The company partners with satellite operators, mobile network operators and device makers to extend coverage beyond terrestrial networks. Target uses include consumer devices and machine workflows in sectors such as agriculture, maritime, logistics and mining. Skylo has 51–200 employees, with offices in California, India and Finland.
Skylo's stack centers on AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Transit Gateway), plus GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, C++, Grafana and Loki, with telecom tech like vRAN, 5G Core, 3GPP and NB-IoT.
Yes. Engineering dominates Skylo's hiring, weighted toward senior, staff and principal levels, with roles based in the United States and India.
Skylo is building an IPX hubbing and clearing-partner ecosystem, NR-NTN L1/L2 protocol stacks, NTN wholesale pricing and roaming settlement architecture, and test automation for system validation.
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