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Senior Photonic Product Engineer

Nokia
Allentown, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/20/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/29/2026
Job Description

Nokia is searching for a qualified candidate to work in a Product Engineering role that spans the Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC), High Speed Mixed-Signal ASICs, TROSA packages, and interfaces with Pluggable Modules within Subsystem’s Optical Modules Group (OMG). As the Product Engineer working in a vertically integrated organization, there will be opportunity to help products achieve industry leading performance through engineering optimization end-to-end. Nokia will need to rapidly ramp the production volume of its latest 800G pluggable line and will look to this candidate to help drive these optimizations and improvements. The position provides a rich learning environment that is highly cross-functional with hardware design, test, firmware/controls, reliability, and manufacturing. The ideal candidate has strong Optical Engineering background, excels at data analysis, and enjoys a multi-disciplinary environment working to drive product solutions into place. The position is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

  • Ensure that photonic integrated circuit performance requirements are defined and met up to the sub-system level (pluggable modules)
  • Interact with hardware design, test, controls, reliability, and manufacturing to define calibration methods and performance screens
  • Perform statistical data analysis on large data sets to characterize and improve the product
  • Support quality analysis and evaluation of development, proto, and pilot units
  • Drive improvements in product quality during pilot ramp and identify opportunities to increase product volumes and reduce costs.

Key Skills And Experience

  • M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering (electronics, electro-optics), Materials Science, Photonics, or Physics (optics, semiconductors)
  • Experience with coherent optical system test and measurement methods and debug is desirable.
  • Aptitude to work with a large body of data, perform statistical analysis, and comfortable presenting data and proposals to technical audiences
  • Team oriented with ability to work cross-functionally
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About Us

Advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.

Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.

Learn more about life at Nokia .

Our recruitment process

We act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Our employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enrich our teams, and you may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.

The length of the recruitment process may vary depending on the specific role's requirements. We strive to ensure a smooth and inclusive experience for all candidates. Discover more about the recruitment process at Nokia .

About The Team

Some of our benefits in US :

  • Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
  • Health and dental benefits
  • Short-term disability, and long-term disability
  • Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
  • Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
  • Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tuition Assistance Plan
  • Adoption assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program

The above benefits exclude students.

Disclaimer for US/Canada

Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity. Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role.

All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.

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