Hardware Engineer Standardization - Optical Transceivers

About the role

The Optical Networking Business Unit is the world’s number one producer of high-speed optical networking equipment with over 600 customers worldwide. The Nokia 1830 PSS team is expanding and looking for highly motivated professionals to join us to further enhance network flexibility and operational automation in a very fast growing and competitive environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Line Managers (PLMs) and R&D teams to identify standardization strategic objectives that support Nokia product strategies.
• Develop and regularly review standardization strategies relevant to Optical Transport Infrastructure, Ethernet, and Physical Layer topics consistent with Nokia product directions.
• Develop, internally review, and externally advocate for contributions developed to support the standardization strategies.
• Provide damage control regarding standardization initiatives of Nokia competitors that are incompatible with Nokia product directions.
• Participate in meetings of ITU-T Study Group 15, and as necessary, the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) PLL tracks, the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, and OpenROADM or other MSAs.
• Provide internal reports and briefings on standardization results, progress and directions to R&D and PLM.

Requirements

• Degree in computer, electrical, software, or systems engineering, or physics, computer science, or relevant related field is required, graduate degree preferred.
• 5 years of telecom product experience in either network operator or equipment supplier.
• 5 years of product management experience, or consulting engineering/network architect experience with a demonstrated understanding of market requirements for Optical, Ethernet and/or IP/MPLS networking solutions.
• Business acumen.
• Proficient with optical networking technologies (OTN, High-Speed Ethernet) and knowledgeable in current and emerging standards in both packet and optical domains (IEEE, OIF, ITU-T, OpenROADM).
• Basic understanding in optical networking physical layers: CWDM, DWDM, coherent modulation.
• Excellent understanding of the industry landscape, including customers, potential partners, direct competitors and competing and emerging technologies and architectures.
• Experience and demonstrated ability in identifying changing business models, and ability to associate these to changing solution/product and architecture requirement.
• Ability to work collaboratively across many teams within the organization including business development/technical sales, product management, marketing, R&D.
• Solid technical and operational understanding of service provider networking environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills: ability to communicate technology strategy and architecture approach to engineers, executives, and customers.
• Ability and flexibility to develop and deliver presentations to a wide variety of audiences during standards meetings, conferences, trade shows.
• Strong consulting skills to work with both external and internal customers and suppliers, sometimes for understanding and sometimes for driving product and network architectures, features, constraints, and limits.
• Proficiency in conflict management and negotiation, with abilities to influence and lead others.
• Strong organizational and project management skills; autonomy and ability to manage competing demands
• High energy; willingness to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Ability to work in both high-level, strategic context and pragmatic execution of specific projects with practical constraints on network functional requirements and schedules and product or feature constraints.
• Ability to forge trusted relationships using an open and respectful communication and collaboration style.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated professionals with a strong background in telecommunications and networking.
• Experience in standardization processes and familiarity with ITU-T, OIF, IEEE, and OpenROADM standards.
• Proven track record in developing and advocating for industry standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently.

Skills

• Optical networking technologies (OTN, High-Speed Ethernet)
• Knowledge of current and emerging standards in both packet and optical domains (IEEE, OIF, ITU-T, OpenROADM)
• Understanding of optical networking physical layers: CWDM, DWDM, coherent modulation
• Industry landscape knowledge, including customers, potential partners, direct competitors and emerging technologies
• Business acumen and ability to identify changing business models
• Collaborative and consultative skills
• Conflict management and negotiation skills
• Project management and organizational skills
• Technical and operational understanding of service provider networking environments

Benefits

Join a global leader in connectivity for the AI era, Nokia, and be part of a team that is advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and a supportive work environment.

Pay

Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible working hours.

Company Information

Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. Powered by the innovation of Bell Labs and Nokia Technologies, the company is at the forefront of creating and licensing the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of our connected lives. With operations in more than 130 countries, Nokia is the first truly global communications solutions provider, offering the most complete end-to-end portfolio of solutions and services in the industry.

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