Jobs at Nokia

Leads business operations and strategy for an IP Networks organization by owning operating cadences, KPI reporting, initiative tracking, governance, strategy reviews, and executive support. Builds scalable operating mechanisms, improves decision-making and accountability, and applies AI and automation to streamline reporting, planning, and workflow execution. Partners across business, product, engineering, finance, legal, security, data, and technology teams.

Develop and introduce next-generation coherent optical transceivers, including Nokia’s 1.6T products. Analyze large datasets to improve product capability, stabilize manufacturing yield, optimize performance, automate workflows, maintain product engineering infrastructure, ensure specification traceability, and reduce volume production costs. The role collaborates cross-functionally with hardware design, testing, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing teams.

Develop and qualify assembly manufacturing processes from concept through transfer to production. Responsibilities include equipment and tooling specification, DOE and statistical analysis, process checks, documentation, failure mode analysis, root-cause corrective action, technician training, and equipment maintenance coordination. The role supports optoelectronic module assembly in high-volume manufacturing and requires collaboration across engineering and manufacturing teams.

Leads mechanical development for opto-electronic telecommunications products. Creates CAD models and drawings, performs thermal and mechanical FEA using ANSYS, conducts FMEAs and tolerance analyses, and manages part revisions. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, quality, and vendors to validate specifications, improve reliability, and resolve complex engineering challenges.

Develop mechanical designs for opto-electronic devices using CREO and AutoCAD, perform thermal and mechanical FEA with ANSYS, and conduct FMEAs and tolerance analyses. Collaborate with design, manufacturing, quality, and vendors to validate specifications, improve manufacturability, manage part revisions, and resolve complex engineering challenges in an in-person telecommunications technology environment.

Build, configure, install, and troubleshoot Linux-based systems in datacenter, hardware lab, and desktop environments. Rack and cable equipment, configure operating systems and testbed files, support regression test infrastructure, troubleshoot failed tests and processes, and resolve basic network, software, and hardware issues.

Leads Nokia’s global hardware engineering organization and strategy for IP networking products. Owns technology roadmaps, ASIC and FPGA development, system architecture, product delivery, organizational performance, budgets, and strategic investments. Oversees networking platforms from concept through volume deployment while driving innovation, quality, reliability, manufacturability, supply continuity, and operational excellence. Partners with product, software, manufacturing, procurement, sales, customers, and executive stakeholders to shape portfolio strategy, develop high-performing teams, and maintain technology leadership.

Designs, integrates, calibrates, and characterizes next-generation coherent optical transceivers. Responsibilities include digital-optical integration, controls algorithm development, experimental validation, performance testing, and analysis of optical, electrical, and digital tradeoffs. The engineer collaborates cross-functionally with DSP, photonics, analog ASIC, software, electronics, optics, and test teams.

Lead industrial design for a new category of consumer devices, from user research and concept development through prototyping and delivery. Collaborate with engineering, marketing, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, ensure technical feasibility, and maintain design standards. Present concepts, guide junior designers, manage design quality and timelines, and apply strong 3D modeling, sketching, visualization, communication, and project management skills in a global environment.

Leads industrial design for Nokia network infrastructure devices, from product concepts and user research through prototyping, manufacturing feasibility, and production. Collaborates with engineering, marketing, UX, and manufacturing teams; presents concepts to stakeholders; maintains product-line design consistency and brand identity; monitors industry trends; and mentors junior designers. The role requires strong 3D modeling, sketching, presentation, visualization, prototyping, supplier collaboration, and strategic product design expertise.

Develop real-time embedded software and firmware for high-speed optical transport systems supporting data center interconnects. Own projects from requirements through design, integration, and verification. Diagnose system-level issues spanning software, hardware, optics, and FPGAs. The role requires C and C++ development on RTOS platforms, timing-critical operations, interrupt handling, low-level drivers, control firmware, ARM architecture, hardware interfaces, inter-processor communication, and FPGA/CPLD integration.

Own the North American optical networking portfolio for hyperscaler, cloud, and AI customers. Define product strategy and roadmaps, prioritize features, capture customer requirements, develop high-capacity and power-efficient solutions, support pricing and sales efforts, analyze market trends, and present business cases to executives. Collaborate with sales, engineering, finance, marketing, and account teams to deliver optical networking solutions for data-center and DCI infrastructure.

Design and develop silicon photonic integrated circuits and optical engines for coherent transport and pluggable optics. Responsibilities include PIC architecture, link-budget analysis, device characterization, design-for-test and manufacturability, RF and optical testing, simulation, and cross-functional collaboration with packaging, DSP, foundry, and product engineering teams.

Design and bring high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuits, including ADCs, DACs, PLLs, and SERDES, into production using advanced CMOS FinFET technologies. Responsibilities include circuit simulation, layout planning and supervision, topology optimization, behavioral modeling, analog test development, product characterization, and adherence to design and release methodologies.

Architect and validate novel DWDM optical communication systems, including optical line systems, transmission controls, performance models, and hardware/software platforms. Collaborate with product management, systems engineering, software, and test teams. Demonstrate advanced optical transmission technologies to customers and develop design rules accounting for signal power, OSNR, fiber effects, and nonlinearities.

Leads strategic global partner relationships for Nokia’s IP MC-E business. Coordinates sales, technical, marketing, product, services, and operations teams; develops joint business and enablement plans; supports pipeline and revenue objectives; provides partners with solution positioning and sales assets; removes execution barriers; manages governance cadences and executive engagement; and translates partner feedback into business and go-to-market recommendations.

Develops technical marketing content, product demonstrations, webinars, training, competitive materials, and proof-of-concept deployments for mission-critical IP networking solutions. Supports sales and customer success with technical enablement, gathers customer feedback for product roadmaps, contributes to Nokia Validated Designs, and presents networking technologies to technical and executive audiences.

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.

Provides executive and administrative support, coordinates departmental projects, improves workflows, prepares senior-level briefings, manages stakeholder communication, and resolves complex operational issues. The role requires strong business acumen, analytical problem-solving, adaptability, quality ownership, and coordination across international teams. It may also include mentoring or supervising junior administrative staff.

Develop software, AI-assisted tools, simulations, analytics, and decision-support algorithms for subsea optical communication systems. Optimize EDFA and Raman backhaul links, assess cable aging, recommend remediation and retesting, automate cable upgrades, and support commissioning and network operations. Collaborate with optical, systems, DSP, and software engineers, interface with customers, demonstrate solutions, and evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, scalability, and maintainability.