Optical Pluggable Systems Architect

In an increasingly connected world, the pandemic has highlighted just how essential telecom networks are to keeping society running. The Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to connectivity, pushing the boundaries to deliver more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise

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Join Optical Networks division, where innovation meets scale in the AI-driven data center era. With the recent acquisition of Infinera, we’ve united two industry leaders to create an optical networking powerhouse—combining cutting-edge technology with proven leadership to redefine the future of connectivity.

As part of Nokia’s Optical Architecture group, you will have a unique opportunity to lead the design and architecture of novel coherent optical pluggable. You will be responsible for architecting and implementing new coherent optical portfolio in collaboration with our Systems Architecture, ASIC designer and Hardware and Software Development teams.

Develop innovative, competitive product architectures and requirements for packet-optical telecommunications products based on understanding of business requirements, use cases and applicable industry standards (like OIF, ITU, IEEE). Consider trade-off between cost, function, capacity, and performance. The products to develop include coherent optical pluggable to be introduce both in Nokia platform as well as another host

Broad systems knowledge garnered by years of experience specifying and/or leading architectural specifications across multi-disciplines

Ability to think big-picture and deliver high-quality requirements/architecture specifications, geared towards building robust, reliable and the best user experience solutions for the end-to-end integrated system

Experience defining requirements in the areas of Fault Management, Performance Management, Configuration Management, Service Provisioning and Control Plane features of multi-layer networking products (especially for the L0 and L1 layers)

Experience with Optical Networking Technologies and Standards including OTN, Ethernet, Encryption capability such as MACSEC

Familiarity with CMIS, C-CMIS, OIF specification.

Experience designing and validating link-level control algorithms and optical performance monitoring to optimize end-to-end optical performance.

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Usage of modern AI tool such as Curs or, AI-SDLC

Highly motivated team player adept at cross-functional, cross-cultural and international teamwork

Advanced graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunication or equivalent education.

Ph.D. + minimum 8 years of relevant work experience

M.Sc. + minimum 12 years of relevant work experience in optical transport systems or related fields in telecommunications.