Senior Staff Research Specialist position in Technology Standards - Research & Innovation

Research & Innovation (R&I) in Technology Standards lays the path for Nokia’s future technology innovation and identifies the most promising areas for Nokia to create new value. We set the company’s strategy and technology vision, offer an unparalleled research foundation for innovation, and provide critical support infrastructure for Nokia. 

Within R&I, we drive Nokia's technology leadership by developing and bringing innovative concepts to industry and standardization organizations. R&I also works within the ecosystems to ensure an inventor friendly industry environment, favorable to Nokia’s business success. The unit has a strategic objective of anticipating, shaping, and protecting future technologies and systems and ensuring appropriate standards and industry specifications are developed.

Research in Research & Innovation comprises fundamental systematic research of an exploratory nature for developing new products and services as well as disruptive technologies superseding conventional approaches. It covers the provision of a comprehensive understanding of scientific insights, specifically leading to (pre-) standardization of ideas and concepts for 5G-Advanced and 6G technologies. We are looking for highly motivated and skilled people with a solid background in mobile radio networks to drive progress in 5G-Advanced and 6G radio technology within the area of measurements and requirements for radio resource management.

Are you passionate about solving problems?

As part of our team, you will:

• Drive progress as a technical lead, contributing to new product features, protocols, and standards in mobile communication, focusing on future 3GPP systems, specifically 5G-Advanced and 6G.

• Work with a world-class team to drive 6G radio technologies and the evolution of 5G-Advanced in global standardization.

• Research and develop technologies for driving innovation in RRM area, including measurements and requirements for next generation wireless systems.

• Evaluate performance of proposed innovations including link-level and/or system-level simulations.

• Work with synthetically generated and real measurements from existing simulators and Proof-of-Concept (PoC) systems.

• Carry out specialized activities/projects, demonstrating adaptability in complex business environments.
• Communicate within and outside the team, influencing others to accept new concepts and technical solutions.

You must-have:

• Strong technical background in wireless communication and experience in innovating mobile radio networks and wireless communication technologies.
• Solid knowledge of standards for mobile communications including 3GPP and ORAN.
• Solid knowledge of methods to analyze and optimize performance of wireless systems, including hands-on experience in developing tools such as link-level and/or system-level simulators.
• Proven software development skills, including Matlab, C, C++, and/or Python.
• Experience in creating patentable concepts and innovation.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Leadership and collaborative mindset with the ability to work autonomously.
• Strong professional ethics, open communication, and ability to rectify mistakes quickly.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Hands-on experience with AI/ML techniques applied to wireless communication.
• Solid knowledge of 3GPP technical specifications and RAN working groups, especially RAN4.
• Understanding of 3GPP standardization process.
• Background in RAN4 RRM area.
• Product design and development of RRM solutions for radio access networks.
• Proven track record of innovation like publications in top conferences and journals.