About the role

ASIC/SoC Development Engineer designing advanced complex SoCs for high-speed optical communication products at Nokia. Driving innovation in ASIC technology and collaborating with international teams.

Responsibilities

Architect, specify, design, verify and synthesize ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) design blocks for coherent transmission systems, including testbench development and formal verification of design results.
Strong focus on design and implementation optimization regarding timing and power consumption by leveraging the latest CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) technology nodes and applying dedicated power analysis tools and techniques.
Collaborate with physical design teams to ensure seamless handoff of synthesized designs.
Drive the optimization of methodologies, scripts and tool chains to maximize efficiency and performance across design, verification, and synthesis.
Efficiently diagnose and quickly resolve any issues to meet project timelines.
Select available IPs (intellectual properties) to be integrated into our design as well as communication with third party IP suppliers.
Stay current with industry trends and advancements in ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) technology, related tools and methodologies.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including systems engineering, hardware, software, firmware, and test engineering across international Nokia locations.

Master’s degree or PhD in Electronic Engineering, Microelectronics, Telecommunication Engineering or similar.
Profound knowledge and practical experience about ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) design and verification, respective EDA tools (Synopsys, Siemens, Cadence), the related design languages (VHDL, System Verilog), scripting languages (Python, TCL) and overall development and automation environment (Git, Jenkins, Splunk).
Design verification methodologies (e.g. UVM) and Formal Verification of design results (e.g. LEC, CDC, PDV) as well as use of hardware emulation and prototyping.
Basic understanding of firmware development, software structures and methods (C/C++, development of drivers and APIs for the design blocks).
Good communication skills, fluent written and spoken English (required) and German (expected), with a strong interest to collaborate with international partners.
Knowledge about coherent optical transmission systems and their components, transmission theory and algorithms, forward error correction, modulation formats and respective implementations.
Knowledge about circuit pack design and functionality.
Knowledge of optical transmission standards like OIF, IEEE, ITU-T etc.
Knowledge of LINUX-based systems IT infrastructure management.
Inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural collaboration experience.

Flexible and hybrid working schemes
A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave, with the option to return to work within a year following the birth or adoption of a child (based on eligibility)
Life insurance to all employees to provide peace of mind and financial security
Well-being programs to support your mental and physical health
Opportunities to join and receive support from Nokia Employee Resource Groups (NERGs)
Employee Growth Solutions to support your personalized career & skills development
Diverse pool of Coaches & Mentors to whom you have easy access
A learning environment which promotes personal growth and professional development - for your role and beyond