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As a Principal SW Development Engineer at Nokia, you will work in a cross-functional, agile team developing embedded Optical Line System software products. Your work would involve extensive discussions with the PLM, SW architects, System Engineering, FW and SW development teams, Validation teams, including everything from product concept to finished product. The position would also involve taking full responsibility that a new feature is delivered on time with the right quality using state-of-the-art continuous integration pipelines.
• Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes and services.
• Has in-depth organizational and relevant market knowledge and uses understanding on how relevant areas can be integrated to achieve objectives.
• Solves complex problems based on sophisticated analytical thought and complex judgment.
• Contributes to development of concepts to determine professional direction of own organizational unit.
• Acts as a professional leader for staff / workteam / taskforces, often the most senior specialist in a team, who serves as best practice resource within own organizational unit and / or is recognised as an expert within the same professional area in the business.
• Often leads functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk and complexity, and allocation of work.
• Analyses, designs, develops and tests products / services / improvements / bug resolutions for integrated hardware / software systems as per customers' requirements.
• Manages technical requirements from customers’ needs.
• Retains technical and design knowledge for assigned products and technologies.
• Applies and maintains quality standards. Participates in process and tools evolutions and improvements.
Must Have:
- Experience 13+ years within SW development.
E2E Optical (Layer 0) boards/cards like ROADM, AMPLIFIER, RAMAN, OTDR, Dynamic Gain Equalizer (DGE) bring up activity.
Working experience in Optical Control Loops and architecture involving ROADM, Amplifiers, RAMAN, Optical Channel Monitor, VOAs
- Excellent design and analytical skills, including experience with software modeling, reuse, performance, testability, and extensibility.
- Excellent C/C++/Python and object-oriented programming skills in multi-threaded environments.
Experience working with HW/FW teams and collaborating on the HW/FW specifications.
- Highly motivated, Flexible, Innovative, self-driven and willing to take own initiatives for betterment of the product/features.
- Structured and thorough with analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Agile way of working.
Good to Have:
- Ability to use AI DLC models in conjunction with Cursor, Copilot AI etc
- Experience in using dockers in development/ simulation environment.
- Experience in using Modern Automated tools, viz. Codescene, GTEST.
Domain Knowledge on Optical Protection and Restoration will be an added plus.
Strong Optical Firmware development skills
Knowledge & Experience
Candidates must have a Bachelors/Masters degree or higher in CS, Opto-Electronics, ECE or equivalent branch of engineering, and typically having 13-17 years of relevant experience and recognized as experts in the domain.
Skills Required
- 13+ years experience in Software development
- Experience with Optical boards/cards like ROADM, AMPLIFIER
- C/C++/Python and object-oriented programming skills
- Experience working with HW/FW teams
- Bachelor/Master degree in CS, Opto-Electronics, ECE or equivalent
Nokia Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity programs include a global employee share purchase plan with company matching and multi‑year share awards. These mechanisms broaden participation and tie rewards to long‑term outcomes.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes major medical plans with supplementary options such as vision, legal services, and care navigation. The range of offerings indicates comprehensive support for medical needs.
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Parental & Family Support — A global policy grants paid leave for new parents regardless of gender and provides structured return‑to‑work support. Company‑paid life insurance further strengthens family protection across regions.
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