Optics Resident Engineer

Job Description

As an Optics Resident Engineer at Nokia, you will play a critical role in addressing complex technical challenges within service delivery while collaborating across diverse teams. You will work alongside engineering, technical support, and operations personnel to ensure seamless integration and optimization of optical network technologies. Your analytical skills will directly contribute to improving customer satisfaction and driving revenue through innovative solutions. The work environment is dynamic and collaborative, where you will have the opportunity to mentor junior team members and lead small projects, all within a supportive framework that values your expertise. By leveraging your knowledge in fiber optics and network design, you will be pivotal in shaping service delivery that aligns with our customers’ needs and expectations.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for complex problem-solving in service delivery, ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Utilize specialized knowledge to design and implement innovative solutions for optical network technologies.
• Conduct detailed analysis on signal impairments, modulation/demodulation techniques, and signal structures to enhance network performance.
• Lead small-scale projects focused on network integration and optimization within budget and timelines.
• Provide mentorship and training to junior team members, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address escalated issues and recommend serviceability improvements.
• Stay updated with industry advancements to ensure service offerings remain competitive and efficient.
• Document processes and present findings to stakeholders to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  
  

Key Skills And Experience

You have:

• Bachelor's in Engineering or Computer Science (Electrical or Computer Engineering preferred)
• 3+ years of network integration and technical support experience with optical network technologies
• Expertise in fiber types and signal impairments (loss, dispersion, mixing)
• Strong knowledge of modulation/demodulation techniques (OOK, PSK, QAM)
• Familiarity with signal structures and hierarchies (Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SONET, SDH, OTN)
• Experience with OTN, DWDM, and SDH networks, reliability, and resiliency analysis
  
  

It would be nice if you also had:

• Technical knowledge/experience with specific DWDM technologies - 1830 PSS and WSNOC
  
  

About Us

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
  
  

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

About The Team

The pandemic has highlighted how important telecoms networks are to society. Nokia’s Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.