Jobs at Nokia

Lead architecture, product definition, design, fabrication, testing, and validation of silicon photonic integrated circuits for coherent optical transport systems. Develop link budgets, optimize system performance, and establish design-for-test and design-for-manufacturing strategies. Collaborate across photonics, RFIC/EIC, DSP, packaging, foundry, testing, and product teams to deliver scalable, manufacturable optical engines and integrated transceiver solutions.

Design and develop highly available, fault-tolerant distributed edge computing platforms using Go, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud technologies. Build scalable APIs, troubleshoot complex systems, conduct code reviews, optimize performance and security, collaborate cross-functionally, mentor engineers, contribute to planning, and maintain technical documentation.

Provides global R&D-level customer support for Nokia 1830 WDM systems, diagnosing and resolving issues across optical transmission, coherent transponders, software, and OTN switching. Responsibilities include analyzing field data, collaborating with R&D on root-cause correction, developing automated diagnostic tools, maintaining technical knowledge bases, and training field support teams.

Architects and validates novel DWDM optical communication systems, including line systems, transmission performance models, and distributed optical control systems. Collaborates with product management, systems engineering, software development, and test teams. Responsibilities include analyzing fiber and transmission effects, developing system design rules, validating hardware and software platforms, and demonstrating advanced optical technologies to customers. Requires deep DWDM expertise, hands-on experience with coherent transponders, EDFAs, Raman amplifiers, ROADMs, and control systems, plus a Ph.D. and at least eight years of experience.

Lead quality assurance initiatives as a hands-on test automation expert. Develop comprehensive strategies covering end-to-end, scale, soak, regression, and chaos testing for distributed systems. Guide and mentor the engineering team, automate testing processes, analyze results, and improve system resilience and reliability across public-cloud and Kubernetes environments.

Serves as a technical liaison among customer teams, regional technical assistance centers, R&D, and product management. Troubleshoots complex network product installation and performance issues, documents resolutions, supports testing and network architecture initiatives, leads customer upgrades, develops technical communications and workshops, and provides emergency support. The role also contributes product feedback to R&D, supports new releases, and travels up to 10% annually.

Supports Nokia sales and technical sales teams by developing customer-focused IP services offerings. Evaluates business opportunities, positions IP products and services, presents technical solutions, defines scopes of work, prepares compliance statements, estimates costs, and develops competitive pricing. Acts as an IP services subject matter expert while supporting customer engagement, consultative selling, process improvement, and internal knowledge sharing.

Leads the design and development of a highly distributed edge computing platform using Go, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud technologies. Responsibilities include building scalable and fault-tolerant systems, designing APIs, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting complex distributed software issues, optimizing performance and security, collaborating cross-functionally, mentoring engineers, planning projects, and maintaining technical documentation.

Manages the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for an assigned category, including category strategy, supplier selection and development, RFx processes, contract and price negotiations, supplier performance, risk mitigation, compliance, ESG initiatives, and KPI reporting. The role also leads supplier business reviews, audits, onboarding, and cost-saving activities while collaborating with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

Lead development of a massively distributed edge compute platform. Design fault-tolerant systems, external APIs, high-throughput traffic routing, and Kubernetes-based resource management. Establish architecture standards, reliability metrics, security practices, and technical governance. Collaborate with AI/ML, hardware, networking, and security teams; communicate risks to executives; manage customer requirements; review code; and mentor engineers on distributed systems best practices.

Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable platform software and services. Collaborate with architecture and cross-functional teams, implement platform features, participate in code reviews, document technical specifications, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance and scalability. The role requires Go development, scripting, Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, containerization, cloud networking, and CI/CD experience.

Leads the design, implementation, testing, and delivery of embedded firmware for pluggable optical modules. Develops C/C++ and Python firmware, defines requirements and system architecture, analyzes performance, collaborates with hardware, ASIC, and software teams, and supports Agile/Scrum delivery. Mentors junior engineers, improves development workflows and coding standards, and may serve as a Product Owner or technical lead.

Leads optical design verification testing for coherent linecards and pluggables. Develops test plans, characterizes optical performance, analyzes data, investigates technical issues, and ensures compliance with specifications. Builds Python-based test automation, explores AI integration, collaborates with hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and design teams, and mentors junior engineers throughout the product development lifecycle.

Designs, implements, tests, and maintains firmware for Nokia optical engines used in long-haul, metro, and data center interconnects. Develops firmware requirements and design documentation, collaborates with hardware, FPGA, software, manufacturing, and test teams, resolves customer issues, supports manufacturing knowledge transfer, and contributes to testing, design reviews, architecture decisions, and process improvements.

Lead calibration architecture, optical integration, sustaining, troubleshooting, and manufacturing enablement for high-speed coherent optical linecards. Analyze calibration and test data, resolve production and field issues, develop lab-to-factory bring-up workflows, and collaborate with DSP, hardware, firmware, test, and manufacturing teams. Mentor optical engineers, communicate technical risks and trade-offs, and apply coherent optics expertise to current and next-generation platforms.

Design and optimize carrier networking solutions, support RFP/RFQ responses, and provide technical guidance for network planning and deployment. The role develops specifications, evaluates products and vendors, creates sales engineering tools, analyzes network economics and roadmap impacts, and collaborates with marketing, product, sales, optical, and software engineering teams. Expertise in carrier-class optical and IP networking, scripting, planning tools, and DWDM systems is required.

Lead new product introduction, product and solution demos, lab and field trials, customer homologation, and pilot deployments for telecommunications networking products. Apply advanced expertise in IP routing, MPLS, mobile packet core, signaling, network management, traffic analysis, and related protocols. Support pre-sales activities, customer engagements, complex technical problem-solving, and strategic process improvements while delivering projects on time and within budget.

Designs and optimizes IP network architectures and services for complex, multi-vendor customer projects. Responsibilities include developing implementation and migration plans, conducting performance analysis, field measurements, laboratory tests, network audits, configuration reviews, troubleshooting, and traffic-based optimization. The role supports Nokia network products and protocols, collaborates with technical teams, and provides recommendations to improve network reliability, availability, serviceability, and operational performance.

Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and validation of novel DWDM optical line systems. Develop system design rules, performance models, and distributed optical control systems while collaborating with product management, systems engineering, software, and test teams. Evaluate fiber transmission characteristics, signal power, OSNR, nonlinearities, amplifiers, ROADMs, and coherent technologies. Demonstrate advanced optical transmission solutions to customers and provide technical leadership across international teams.

Develop and verify complex ASICs and FPGAs using SystemVerilog and UVM. Responsibilities include creating test strategies and plans, developing self-checking protocol and traffic tests, debugging designs, analyzing coverage, supporting hardware/software bring-up, and collaborating with system, hardware, software, and supplier teams. The role may lead verification tasks or teams and requires expertise in ASIC verification, functional and code coverage, assertions, formal verification, and scripting.