Photonic Product Engineer
Nokia
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Practise the Photonic Product Engineer at Nokia interview free →Nokia is searching for a qualified candidate to work as a Product Engineer focused on the introduction of next-generation coherent optical transceivers. Working in a vertically integrated organization, there will be opportunity to help products achieve industry leading performance through engineering optimization end-to-end. The candidate hired to this position will support new product introduction such as the 1.6T optical transceiver, and the subsequent yield stabilization that will follow. The position provides a rich learning environment that is highly cross-functional with hardware design, test, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing teams. The ideal candidate has a background in optical engineering and/or coherent communications systems, enjoys data analysis and developing automation solutions, and can ramp up quickly in a multi-disciplinary environment. The position is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. M.S or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or Physics with focus in electronics, optics, communications, or semiconductors Experimental background in photonics – such as laser, modulator, photodetector or optical system characterization Experience with coherent optical system concepts and measurement methods is desirable Strong data skills including writing data-manipulation scripts, performing statistical analysis, finding underlying issues in the data, and validating hypotheses using data analytics Comfortable presenting data and making proposals to technical audiences Team oriented with ability to work cross-functionally with excellent communication skills
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