Job Description
Position: Silicon Photonics Design and Test Student
Number of Position(s): 2
Duration: 4 Months
Dates: April 29th to Aug 29th, 2025
Location: Remote
Education Recommendations
Currently a candidate for a Master’s or Ph.D. in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, or a related field with an accredited school in Canada.
How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
As a part of our team, you will:
- Support the characterization of active and passive photonic devices and/or complex photonic integrated circuits and systems.
- Contribute to test development and lead the test data analysis of your devices to correlate design with measurements.
- Develop new test approaches and innovate on both wafter-level test and system-level test optimization and automation.
- Collaborate with all other functional teams in the organization to characterize and develop co-designed and co-optimized photonics systems.
Key Skills And Experience
You have:
- Experience with characterizing silicon photonic or other integrated optical/optoelectronic devices or circuits.
- Lab experience in optical engineering tests, fiber-waveguide coupling, and design verification testing.
- Solid numerical and physics-related programming skills (in Python or C/C++).
- Proficiency with optics design tools, such as Lumerical.
It would be nice if you had:
- Experience in photonic integrated circuit design, modeling, and layout.
- Strong understanding of general concepts in fiber optics and integrated optics, namely coherent or data communication systems.
- Experience with high-frequency/RF photonics design and modeling experience.
- Experience testing with high-speed RF characterization equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, AWGs, etc.
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.
