Principal HW Engineer, RF System

at  Nokia

FAMILY DESCRIPTION

Applied R&D (AR) consists of target-oriented research either with the goal of solving a particular problem / answering a specific question or for multi-discipline design, development, and implementation of hardware, software, and systems including maintenance support. Supplies techno-economic consulting to clients. AR work is characterised by its detailed and complex nature in order to systematically combine existing knowledge and practices to further developing and incrementally improving products, operational processes, and customer-specific feature development.

SUBFAMILY DESCRIPTION

R&D Architecture (RDA) comprises capturing of business, operational, technical, and / or non functional requirements from the stakeholders and the delivery of an architecture to meet the defined needs and constraints. Contains processing of use case and feature requirements into conceptual models, operational scenarios, technical requirements, and functional descriptions. RDA has a broad system and product architecture competence and ecosystem understanding.

• Provides direction and sets expectations for creation of new design and development of prototype.
• Participates and contributes in large and complex product development.
• Has good stakeholder management and delivers the design as per the requirement which meets industry standards.
• Researches, designs, plans, develops and / or evaluates hardware designs by translating system level requirements (use cases, configurations) or strategic business objectives into final product design.
• Work typically includes in-depth assessment of the product application needs (as part of a wider system), providing design modelling and simulation testing, consulting to further clarify needs, and engineering technical solutions.
• Designs, defines and implements integrated hardware requirements for customers and / or prepares studies and analyses existing designs
• Determines hardware specifications, input / output processes and working parameters for end product, considering hardware / software interactions and overall system context.
• Coordinates design of hardware components and integration of total hardware device
• Identifies, analyses and resolves programme support deficiencies.
• Develops and recommends corrective actions.
• Influences strategic decisions within professional area that affect the performance of the subfunction (EG a subset of a function, typically consisting of several areas with independent budgets).
• Independently develops concepts to set the professional direction of own organisational unit.
• Solves highly complex or novel problems based on sophisticated analytical thought and complex judgment.
• Independently develops concepts to set the professional direction of own organisational unit.
• Acts as a senior subject matter expert, typically at a global or regional level, in many organisational units the most senior internal expert who serves as best practice / quality resource and is an acknowledged authority both within and outside own organisational unit.
• Often leads functional teams or projects with considerable resource requirements, risk, and complexity, handles day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work.
• Drives to technology scouting activities
• Defines technical content for standardization / industy initiatives / open source hardware initiatives
• Contributes to supplier selections
• Education background: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electronics, Telecommunications, or related engineering.
• Specific skills, knowledge, and competencies:
• Minimum 7-10 years working experience on RF product or relevant HW development as an expert or leader.
• Good understanding of mobile telecommunication standards.
• Good understanding over several HW development competencies.
• Good understanding over Radio Platforms and Architectures.
• Basic understanding for RAN system.
• Ability to take overall accountability for product technology as technical chief.
• Ability to lead engineering discussions till resolution for critical technical issues.
• Ability to take authority over design reviews and build maturity decisions.
• Ability to lead program TMT and drive efficient decision-making.
• Ability to create HW architecture and other specifications.
• Ability to secure product design compliance with requirements.
• Ability to lead FS1TA and contribute CFAM and FOT
• General competencies:
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills both oral and written English.
• Open, Fearless and Empowered.
• Plus:
• System debugging skills.
• Python scripting and/or C/C++ coding skills.
• Knowledge of SW and SoC architectures and implementations.
• IPR creation experience

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