Silicon Photonics Packaging Engineer Co-op

Job Description

Position Title: Silicon Photonics Packaging Engineer Co-op

Number of Position(s): 1

Duration: 4 Months

Date: January - May 2026

Location: Onsite - Sunnyvale, CA or New York, NY

Education Recommendations

Currently a candidate for a Master's or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, or other similar field with an accredited school in US.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

• Develop semiconductor and optical packaging processes in-house, or in close partnership with contract manufacturers.
• Design optical transceiver packages in collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure package requirements are met.
• Own Design Rules documents and ensure Design for Manufacturing specifications are met.
• Perform mechanical integrity and thermal simulations, tolerance analyses and characterization.
• Drive package debug activities during product validation and qualification.
• Plan and Drive prototype assembly builds to enable deliveries for early design validation.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of advanced packaging principles and stay current with new technological advancements.
  
  

Key Skills And Experience

• Experience with package and process design/development from design to production.
• Knowledge of design for manufacturing, 2.5D/3D packaging, and TSVs.
• Experience with documentation of fabrication, inspection, and assembly processes.
• Solid interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills in order to interact with engineering staff, external vendors and contractors effectively.
  
  

It would be nice if you also had:

• Understanding of optical epoxies, non-hermetic packaging, and high-volume packaging and thermal analysis of 2.5/ 3D packages.
• Experience in the semiconductor chip and wafer-level back-end processing, assembly, and/or packaging.
• Experience in high-speed electronics package design and/or laser package design.
• Experience with thermo-mechanical simulations using ANSYS or similar software.
• Experience with metrology techniques such as SEM/XSEM, confocal microscopy, or acoustic imaging.
• Familiarity with design and simulations of optical packaging using free space optics or fiber coupling.
  
  

About Us

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
  
  

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s 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.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

Additional Information

US/Canada Nokia Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to:

• 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.

About The Team

The pandemic has highlighted how important telecoms networks are to society. Nokia’s Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.