Jobs at Nokia

Develop high-performance C/C++ SDK software for Nokia’s coherent DSP ASICs and optical networking products on Linux. Collaborate with ASIC, firmware, hardware, and architecture teams across pre-silicon development and post-silicon validation. Build APIs, frameworks, and automation solutions while addressing hardware-software integration, performance, testing, debugging, and system quality challenges.

Manages the full lifecycle of commercial contracts, including drafting, review, negotiation, execution, amendments, renewals, compliance, and closeout. Partners with sales, legal, finance, procurement, delivery, and operational teams to mitigate contractual and commercial risks, support bids, monitor obligations, maintain contract records, and improve governance processes. Uses CLM systems and AI-assisted tools to manage workflows, approvals, reporting, and contract analysis.

Oversee the full lifecycle of commercial, customer, supplier, and partner contracts. Draft, review, negotiate, administer, and monitor agreements while ensuring compliance, mitigating risks, and supporting business objectives. Manage obligations, milestones, renewals, amendments, records, reporting, and governance through CLM systems. Provide commercial guidance during bids and sales activities, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and maintain stakeholder relationships to support contract execution and issue resolution.

Design and develop analog and digital electrical circuits for optical modules and test platforms. Translate product requirements into hardware specifications, create schematics, coordinate PCB layouts, integrate mechanical and software designs, support release management, and oversee material acquisition and prototype assembly. The role requires electrical or computer engineering education and at least three years of hardware design experience.

Develop and automate Python-based test cases on the PACE platform for CMIS optical modules, execute and analyze tests, log and triage firmware bugs, perform manual lab testing and hardware setup, collaborate with developers, mentor junior engineers, and drive continuous test process improvements.

Drive enterprise business development for Nokia Optical solutions across Canada. Identify prospects, build customer and partner relationships, develop sales strategies, support RFPs and pricing, conduct market research, monitor technology trends, and collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing teams. The role also supports sales training and requires strong knowledge of Optical networking, including DWDM, ROADM, and network automation.

Develop and test firmware for embedded CPUs within custom ASICs controlling and monitoring optical network equipment. Responsibilities include collaborating on feature definition, coding, acceptance criteria, and unit testing within an Agile Scrum team, while mentoring interns and co-ops. The role requires a bachelor's degree in computer engineering or equivalent, C/C++ and Python experience, and knowledge of at least one relevant area such as digital signal processing, control theory, optical networking, optical components, or embedded CPUs.

Provide technical support and incident resolution for complex wireless networks. Design, configure, and deploy Aruba and Cisco WLAN solutions, manage authentication with ClearPass or ISE, perform root-cause analysis, follow change management, document configurations, and mentor junior team members while coordinating with vendors and senior engineers.

Performs characterization testing and analysis of optical PON modules. Assists optical designers and development engineers with testing pluggable optical modules, operates optical and electronic test equipment, automates test setups, and processes and analyzes test results. The role is an on-site, four-month-plus student coop/internship in Ottawa beginning January 2027.

Part-time intern supporting Nokia’s optical network management platform. Responsibilities include server and virtual machine deployments, testbed design using simulators and real equipment, demo and proof-of-concept configuration, customer-facing technical support, and troubleshooting. The role provides practical exposure to optical networking architectures and network operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning.

Manage optical networking products and services for North American customers. Align product roadmaps with network evolution, gather and prioritize feature requests, develop innovative solutions, support pricing and profitability, analyze market and competitor trends, and collaborate with sales and account teams. Present product strategies and roadmaps to internal and external stakeholders while building strong customer relationships and coordinating cross-functional initiatives.

Leads technology development and productization for next-generation electro-optical products from concept through high-volume manufacturing. Provides expertise in high-speed electrical design, signal integrity, power integrity, advanced substrates, SMT, and microelectronics manufacturing. Evaluates emerging technologies, oversees mechanical and thermal analyses, collaborates across engineering teams, and mentors technical talent while driving product performance, reliability, and innovation.

Leads cloud security architecture and implementation, focusing on data privacy, GDPR compliance, Kubernetes security, mTLS, RBAC, zero-trust networking, audit logging, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments. Collaborates across teams, mentors junior engineers, documents security practices, monitors industry trends, and drives resilient, compliant cloud infrastructure.

Develops and optimizes high-volume assembly processes for electro-optical modules. Responsibilities include SMT and microelectronics assembly, mechanical and thermal analysis, manufacturing data processing, yield improvement, failure analysis, prototype assembly, assembly documentation, contract manufacturer coordination, and technical support. The role bridges product development and manufacturing, ensures volume manufacturability and quality compliance, and requires international travel to manufacturing sites.

Designs, models, integrates, tests, and validates electro-optical subsystems for high-speed optical communication systems. The role develops requirements, link budgets, signal integrity analyses, test methodologies, and technical documentation; performs laboratory characterization and root-cause analysis; leads integration activities; and supports product qualification and production readiness in collaboration with optical, hardware, DSP, FPGA, firmware, manufacturing, and product engineering teams.

Validate and integrate optical coherent pluggable firmware for development releases and customer support. Responsibilities include manual and automated testing of CMIS-compliant modules, Python test automation on the PACE platform, test report analysis, bug investigation, lab equipment setup, interoperability verification, documentation, and collaboration with scrum and cross-functional teams. The role requires on-site Ottawa lab support at least three days per week.

Architect coherent optical pluggable products for packet-optical telecommunications networks. Translate business needs and industry standards into system and software architecture specifications, lead cross-functional architecture teams, collaborate with ASIC, optical, hardware, and software developers, assess feature feasibility, validate link-control algorithms and optical performance monitoring, and document product concepts and requirements. The role requires extensive optical transport systems experience, advanced education, and expertise in OTN, Ethernet, MACsec, CMIS, C-CMIS, and OIF standards.

Leads validation, integration, interoperability testing, and customer issue support for optical coherent pluggable firmware. Develops manual and automated tests using Python and the PACE platform, analyzes test reports and logs, investigates firmware defects, and maintains Ottawa laboratory equipment. Collaborates with scrum and cross-functional teams, documents procedures and results, and provides on-site lab support at least three days per week.

Oversee complex, high-risk customer programs and projects from planning through delivery and care handover. Responsibilities include managing scope, schedules, budgets, profitability, quality, risks, contracts, change management, forecasts, customer relationships, communications, and stakeholder satisfaction. The role also coordinates delivery approaches, sales-to-execution transitions, and opportunities to expand or renew contracts while leading project teams and ensuring alignment with Nokia processes.

Leads large-scale customer networking deployments and integrations for Nokia. Responsibilities include coordinating hardware, software, product, and customer teams; managing risks, resources, materials, schedules, lab qualifications, and issue resolution; and providing project updates. Requires expertise in optical network deployment, networking protocols, data center architectures, customer engineering environments, and technical project delivery.