Research Scientist Optical Access

**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.

**The team you'll be part of**

Nokia Bell Labs is the world-renowned research arm of Nokia, having invented many of the foundational technologies that underpin information and communications networks and all digital devices and systems. This research has produced nine Nobel Prizes, five Turing Awards and numerous other awards.

The Bell Labs Fixed Networks Department is looking for a researcher in the field of optical access. The Fixed Networks Department is part of the world-leading Nokia Bell Labs research center and has expert teams located in Antwerp, New Jersey, and Stuttgart. It is the proven innovation engine for next generation Fiber-To-The-x (FTTx) access technologies (i.e., the last mile of the telecommunication network). The team aims to create innovations in communication technologies, resulting in record breaking technology assets with potential to enhance Nokia’s product portfolio.

**What you will learn and contribute to**

Are you passionate about solving problems?
As part of our team, you will:

- Define creative “out-of-the-box” solutions to complex theoretical and experimental problems (be able to diverge)
- Distil the proper elements and take a strong position towards a single game-changing solution to the original problem (be able to converge)
- Create new intellectual property through patents, simulators, hardware research platforms, and publications in scientific journals and conferences
- Act as prime reference in your field of expertise in close cooperation with Nokia business lines, academia, customers and other industrial partners.
- Work independently and effectively as part of a diverse multi-site team
- Continuously learn, master and create new, leading-edge technological innovations

**Your skills and experience**

You have:

- Knowledge on and affinity with telecommunication systems and technologies
- Knowledge on Digital Signal Processing in the field of telecommunication (e.g., equalization, modulation, filtering, error correction, LMS algorithms)
- Experience in an optical lab environment
- Hands-on experience with simulation tools and programming languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python, C/C++)
- Knowledge on Passive Optical networks is a plus
- In addition:
- Applicants should hold, or be expected to hold, a PhD in (applied) engineering sciences, physics, mathematics, or an equivalent qualification
- You are a quick learner
- You have a positive and open mindset and have strong drive to succeed
- You are stimulated to conduct research autonomously while contributing to team-oriented projects in a cooperative and expert-rich environment
- You are fluent in English and a good communicator in a multi-disciplinary team

**What we offer**

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, 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
- LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

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.