Systems Architect – Coherent Optical Pluggable

🏢 Nokia
📍 CanadaFull-timeHybrid
📅 Posted: 1w ago🔄 Updated: 1w ago
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This role involves leading the design and architecture of novel coherent optical pluggable products within Nokia's Optical Architecture group. Responsibilities include developing competitive product architectures based on business requirements and industry standards, considering trade-offs between cost, function, capacity, and performance. The Systems Architect will collaborate with various teams, including Systems Architecture, ASIC design, and Hardware/Software Development, to define system and product concepts, translate requirements into architectural specifications, and ensure alignment of implementation with the architecture. The position requires a deep understanding of optical networking technologies and standards, as well as experience in areas like fault and performance management.
Required Skills
Other
○systems knowledge○service provisioning○control plane features○OTN○Ethernet○MACSEC○CMIS○C-CMIS
Engineering, Construction & Trades
○Specifications
Information Technology
○Data Architecture○Algorithms○Monitoring○Generative AI
Business, Sales & Management
○HR Management○Performance Management
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
○Communication○Presentation Skills○Collaboration
Nice to have:
Information Technology
○Software Engineering○SDLC
Requirements
Requires broad systems knowledge, ability to think big-picture and deliver high-quality specifications for robust and reliable solutions. Experience is needed in Fault Management, Performance Management, Configuration Management, Service Provisioning, and Control Plane features, as well as Optical Networking Technologies, Standards, link-level control algorithms, and optical performance monitoring. Familiarity with CMIS, C-CMIS, and OIF specifications is also required. Excellent communication and presentation skills, along with strong teamwork abilities, are essential. An advanced graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunication, or equivalent is mandatory, with specific years of relevant work experience required for PhD and MSc holders.
Description

In an increasingly connected world, the pandemic has highlighted just how essential telecom networks are to keeping society running. The Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to connectivity, pushing the boundaries to deliver more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise

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Join Optical Networks division, where innovation meets scale in the AI-driven data center era. With the recent acquisition of Infinera, we’ve united two industry leaders to create an optical networking powerhouse—combining cutting-edge technology with proven leadership to redefine the future of connectivity.

As part of Nokia’s Optical Architecture group, you will have a unique opportunity to lead the design and architecture of novel coherent optical pluggable. You will be responsible for architecting and implementing new coherent optical portfolio in collaboration with our Systems Architecture, ASIC designer and Hardware and Software Development teams.

 Develop innovative, competitive product architectures and requirements for packet-optical telecommunications products based on understanding of business requirements, use cases and applicable industry standards (like OIF, ITU, IEEE). Consider trade-off between cost, function, capacity, and performance. The products to develop include coherent optical pluggable to be introduce both in Nokia platform as well as another host 
 

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