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Nokia

Posted 4 Nov 2026

Principal HW Engineer

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Employment
Full time
Workplace
Hybrid
Posted
4 Nov 2026

About the role

Your responsibilities will span the complete product lifecycle—from understanding and translating product and system requirements into robust hardware designs, through detailed design, implementation, validation, and debugging. You will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams including system, firmware, software, manufacturing, and quality to ensure seamless integration and high reliability. The role also involves supporting qualification, production ramp‑up, and deployment, ultimately seeing the product successfully released and performing in the field.

Responsibilities
  • Feasibility analysis during architecture phase
  • Design hardware that meets requirements
  • Schematic entry, BoM release, support layout engineer and support MFG team during prototyping
  • Board bring-up, functional testing, support cross functional teams during system testing and debugging issues
  • Debug field issues of released products
  • Technically guide the team
  • Work on latest trends 
Qualifications

Must-Have-Skill

  • A minimum of 10 years of experience with Concept HDL schematic entry
  • Experience in designing systems with Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, FPGAs and CPLDs
  • Experience with OTN processors/framers is a bonus
  • Excellent knowledge of high speed interfaces like PAM4, PCIe, DRR4, SATA, USB, SGMII etc.
  • Excellent knowledge of various memories (DDR, NAND, NOR etc)
  • Experience in designing boards with optical modules (SFP, QSFP, QSFP28, QSFP-DD etc.)
  • Excellent knowledge of SI and PI concepts, hands-on with SI / PI tools is a bonus
  • Experience in designing on-board power supplies
  • Hands-on experience with lab equipment like high-speed oscilloscope, signal source analyzer, spectrum analyzer, logic analyzer, bode analyzer etc.
  • Experience in EMI / EMC tests
  • Experience with troubleshooting/root cause techniques in lab, assembly house and field issues
  • Very good communication and documentation skills

    Nice to Have

  • Experience in EMI / EMC tests
  • Experience with troubleshooting/root cause techniques in lab, assembly house and field issues

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