Hardware Designer

at  Nokia

You will work as a member of the hardware development team in our Optics R&D Center in Milano/Vimercate. We offer a supportive and innovative work environment, space for individual thinking and creativity, encouraging atmosphere, flexible working time with home office opportunity, competence development and career opportunities, sports and leisure time activities.

We are currently looking for highly motivated professionals to join our team, who possess a solid understanding of electronic engineering, to shape the future of optical data transmission. As a HW integration engineer you will be part of the hardware development team in Vimercate, embedded in a worldwide Optical Research and Development organization.

• Support the definition of HW architecture of synchronization and timing functions within optical transmission systems
• Create test plans for synchronization and timing function verification according to standards and dedicated system requirements for synchronization and timing functions
• Define and document the measurement setups (i.e., test benches) to execute the planned tests
• Perform measurements and assess test results based on pass/fail criteria derived from international Standards.
• Investigate failed test results and assist HW Developer(s) in isolating the root cause
• Write test reports summarizing findings and recommendations
• Create test automation environment
• Design test SW in LabView, tcl and Python
• Evaluate and select appropriate measurement instruments together with measurement equipment vendors
• Support Software Development, System Test and Test Engineering
• Participate in reviews of pertinent PLM and R&D documents (feature specifications, requirements, etc)
• Read/review pertinent International Standards Documents as revisions become available
• Support Investigations of Customer and Field issues
• Collaborate with teams in international Nokia locations.
• Master Degree in Electronic or Telecommunication Engineering
• Experience with digital and analog electrical design techniques and control-loop concepts, especially related to PLL and Servo design and implementation (hardware and/or firmware based) and high-performance clock-distribution.
• Experience in scripting and instrumentation languages (tcl, LabView, Python)
• Experience with measurement equipment for synchronization and timing
• Knowledge of international standards for clock accuracy and Precision Timing Protocol (IEEE-1588v2ITU-T G.8273.2 and G.8273.3, ITU-T G.8262 and G.8262.1)
• Solid understanding of synchronization and timing terms (Clock accuracy, Jitter, Wander, Noise generation and transfer, MTIE and TDEV, SyncE, PTP, ToD, PPS, transmission path latency and minimization of latency asymmetry)
• Microsoft Office
• Good communication skills
• Italian & English fluently spoken and written
• Strong interest and ability to in collaboration with international partners
• Ability to work independently with self-motivated and highly organized methodologies
• Personal flexibility and agility to provide high quality results in challenging environment.

Please refer the Job description for details