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
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.
Infinera is now part of the Nokia Corporation and its subsidiaries. When you apply, the information you share will be handled with care and used only for recruitment purposes within the group.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Develop and own system application(control plane specific) - working closely with requirements and customer account teams with deep customer focus.
• Understand, drive and develop system wide impact features from architecture, design to delivery.
Details about the work
• Understanding on some of the below topics is valuable as these skills will be directly usable.
- System application SW area:
- Software system design, inter-process communication, threading and other OS concepts.
- Work area area:
- Bootup process on X86 processors with multiOS support, uboot, coreboot.
- Single and Multi chassis architecture.
- Experience from automated testing in SW development environment
- We have the opportunity for you to become a systems engineer in the Embedded space and much more.
About the team
- Team is also responsible for designing E2E solutions for system application frameworks and spanning across Digital (packet) and Optical (channels) areas.
- We adopt smart and latest technologies to ensure we keep pace with the technology world devising efficient solutions.
- We have complete ownership and hence responsibility on how a solution is to be devised and implemented. It could be home grown or from 3rd party application pulls finally ending up in customizing these to suite our customers’ needs.
- We go the way to facing and resolving customer queries and resolving customer issues being directly involved with the customer live issues.
- The team takes full responsibility that a new feature is delivered on time with the right quality using state-of-the-art continuous integration pipelines. We strive for fully automated test suites following TDD.
Education /Qualification
Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree or higher from premier institutions.
Expectations
• Stellar programming skills in one or more C, C++, Golang, Python, Shell scripting.
• Some work experience in software development on embedded/Linux platforms is preferable, but we are open for you as long as your programming skills are right up there.
• Quick learner of software architecture and module design.
• Capacity to connect the dots in complex legacy code while developing new features.
Nokia is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree or higher from premier institutions
- Stellar programming skills in C, C++, Golang, Python, and Shell scripting
- Experience in software development on embedded/Linux platforms
- Quick learner of software architecture and module design
- Ability to understand and work with complex legacy code
Nokia Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nokia and has not been reviewed or approved by Nokia.
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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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