Full-Time
Software Development Engineer DCE
Nokia
10,001+ employees
Global provider of mobile, fixed networks
Compensation Overview
$88k - $163k/yr
United States
In Person
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- Minimum 5+ years of experience in software development organization.
- Engineering degree or Master from Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with excellent grades from reputed institutes.
- Familiar with the high demands and fast-paced response requirements of global Internet Content Providers.
- In-depth knowledge of software systems and operationalization in the hyperscale Data Center environment, including Agile development, Software-Defined Networking, DevOps, and continuous integration/continuous deployment environments.
- Excellent design analysis skills, including experience with software modeling, understanding of platform boot-up and device drivers, hardware-software interactions (e.g., interrupt architectures and dependencies), high-availability, software reuse, performance, testability, and extensibility.
- Experience in either QNX or Linux real-time operating systems is a must.
- Deep understanding of optical fiber networking including transponders, Optical Line Systems, Sub-sea and Pluggable components.
- In-depth knowledge of optical network systems including L1 layer protocols like Optical Transport Network, Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Synchronous Optical Networking/Multiplexing in SDH, L0 Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer/ Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing/Coherent Wavelength Division Multiplexing/ ROADMs/ COADM/FOADM, technologies and Management Interfaces like Netconf, Restconf, gRPC, etc.
- Self-driven and willing to take own initiatives and decision making and ability to perform under pressure.
- Gather feature requirements with one of the major global ICPs and participate in onboarding and recovery efforts during critical outages.
- Analyze logs to isolate faults, determine the root cause, and work towards defect resolution.
- Contribute to software/product release cycles by providing software solutions through product enhancements and ensuring debuggability requirements are addressed during release planning and discussions.
- Collaborate with SVT to optimize test plans and Root Cause Analysis discussions per ICP use-cases.
- Provide on-demand support during field escalations and outages across Production and Lab environments to perform efficient and detailed RCA and to deliver quick post-FCS solutions including temporary workarounds and corrective actions.
- Produce and deliver post-mortem actions to prevent issues in newer products by incorporating learnings from the field.
- Engage in System Development Lifecycle processes including product/system requirement reviews, software design implementation discussions, peer code reviews, and collaboration with Product Management for customer scenarios and use cases.
- Coordinate cross-functional efforts with multiple engineering and services teams and with customers to preserve customer confidence and experience.
- Discuss with Architecture team to determine necessary changes in System Architecture if required.
- Provide on-demand guidance to the Architecture Team on ICP usage of products to plan feature considerations.
- Contribute to increasing the capability of global services teams to reduce escalations by building tools, knowledge bases, and debug recipes.
- Implement process changes in the Engineering organization to prevent breakages, establish checklists, regression suites, and drive custom solutions.
- Understanding of coherent communications systems, including experience with QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM, as well as coding and forward error correction algorithms.
- Experience with ROADM, EDFA, Raman Amplifiers and Coherent Transponders.
- Experience with Software-Defined Networking technologies such as OpenFlow or OpenStack.
- Experience with system control plane protocols like Open Shortest Path First, Rapid Spanning Tree, Multiprotocol Label Switching, Label Distribution Protocol, and other Layer 2/3 protocols is a strong plus.
- Proficiency in programming languages C, C++ and Python for automation development.
- Experience with Artificial Intelligence tools for Software Development such as Copilot, Cursor, etc.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint and Word).
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills and ability to handle worldwide field escalations into Optical Systems Engineering.
- Active participation in System Development Lifecycle processes and cross-functional coordination.
Nokia provides mobile, fixed, and cloud network solutions for service providers, enterprises, and consumers, including hardware, software, and services to build and manage 5G, fixed, and cloud networks. Customers install Nokia equipment and software or subscribe to managed services, with Nokia supplying base stations, switches, network management tools, and ongoing support, plus IP licensing. It differentiates itself by offering an end-to-end mix of technologies, software, services, and intellectual property licensing across mobile, fixed, and cloud, with a focus on sustainability and inclusivity. Its goal is to help customers deploy scalable, secure, and sustainable networks that enable digital transformation and next-generation experiences.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Espoo, Finland
Founded
1865
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Hyperscaler optical networking demand drives 20% growth, sustaining AI data centre traffic through 2028.
- Private wireless industrial deployments unlock recurring software and managed services revenue in enterprise edge computing.
- Emma Falck's Siemens Industry 4.0 expertise accelerates software-led infrastructure adoption in manufacturing verticals.
What critics are saying
- Lockheed Martin and Verizon establish co-architect roles in 5G.MIL, displacing Nokia to component supplier.
- Nokia's 91x trailing P/E valuation faces 40–60% correction if AI adoption stalls or hyperscaler capex contracts.
- CMOSS open standards reduce vendor lock-in; competing vendors compress Nokia's defense margins below 13–17% target.
What makes Nokia unique
- Agentic AI for broadband networks achieves 50% first-contact resolution and 50% site visit reduction.
- CMOSS-aligned 5G with Lockheed Martin enables standardized NATO military platform integration across allied nations.
- €3.8 billion net cash and 45.5% gross margins fund aggressive 6G and quantum-safe R&D.
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