Principal Network Engineer
Your Impact at LILA
Lila's science factories run on a fast-growing, multi-site network that spans corporate offices, autonomous labs, and OT/robotics environments across Cambridge (Alewife), OCP, San Francisco, and London. As Principal Network Engineer, you will be the senior technical owner of that network: building the in-house engineering capability to design, secure, and scale it, while increasing the value and effectiveness of our managed service provider relationships.
You'll partner closely with Identity, Endpoints, Security, and OT/Controls engineering teams as we build the corporate engineering function. You’ll have real influence over the network architecture decisions that determine how quickly and safely we can bring new labs and AI Science Factories online.
This is a hands-on, senior IC role for someone who can set technical direction, operate deeply in the details, and shape the network engineering function as it matures.
What You'll Be Building
- Own the architecture, design, and roadmap for Lila’s global network, including SD-WAN/SASE, enterprise firewalls, and secure remote access.
- Lead VLAN, subnet, and segmentation design across corporate IT, lab, and OT environments.
- Design IT/OT convergence patterns that keep production labs safe, se
