Job Description

Job Category: Applied R&D
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As a Systems Engineer in Optical Networks, you will translate customer needs into technical requirements, collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate features, support documentation and issue resolution, and contribute to SDN controller specifications while driving innovation in optical transport systems and network automation.
Responsibilities:

• Write and maintain system requirements and external interface specifications.
• Analyse customer features and capture business, operational, technical, and non-functional requirements.
• Contribute to feasibility studies and assess the impact of new feature implementations.
• Align with architects, developers, and validation teams to ensure requirements are implemented accurately.
• Provide timely responses to feature definition and requirements clarification questions from development teams.
• Interface with product management and architects to define and refine appropriate solutions.
• Support customer interactions and documentation as a technical expert
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of systems engineering processes and tools.

Qualifications:
You have:

• Graduate or Postgraduate in Engineering with a specialization in telecommunications, networking, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in optical networking, focusing on transmission technologies such as WDM, OTN, and Ethernet.
• Strong understanding of network management interfaces like SNMP, Netconf/Yang, CLI, and TL1, with skills to enhance existing models.
• Experience working with industry standards and recommendations from ITU-T, IEEE, and IETF.

It would be nice if you also had:

• Hands-on experience with requirement management tools such as DOORS, HP ALM, and R4J, along with version control tools like Git/Gerrit.
• Familiarity with alarm management and performance monitoring processes as defined by ITU-T standards.
• Knowledge of security best practices in the development lifecycle, ensuring compliance from definition to verification.
• Strong analytical skills, a proactive approach, and excellent communication to collaborate in multi-site, multi-cultural teams.

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.