The team you'll be part of

The Advanced Systems Engineering unit at Nokia Technologies is a focused and experienced organization that deepens our engineering capabilities and skills as we look into new product development areas as well as into patent and technology licensing opportunities. The team plays a central role at Nokia Technologies in various systems development, product incubation, product management and technology licensing activities.

Our primary mission is to facilitate the adoption of new technologies and innovations from Nokia and take the technologies to the next level. We turn innovations into successful product incubation and product development activities in order to create new revenue streams and technology licensing opportunities for Nokia. In addition, we contribute to patenting and licensing activities that hold the potential to significantly impact the fields of multimedia and adjacent technologies.

We have extensive experience in R&D work, as well as a proven track record in creating inventions and commercially successful products over the past decades.

This position has funding until December 2025, i.e., this is not just a summer intern position.

Your skills and experience

We assume that you have:

already completed the first few years in your university studies in physics, optical engineering, photonics or related fields with experience on display/optics/imaging system design and development understanding of some of the following areas: diffractive optics, electromagnetic theory, ray tracing, computational photonics at least some hands-on experience in performing measurements and/or creating prototypes

It would be great if you also have:

experience with tools such as Ansys Zemax OpticStudio, ⁠Python, Matlab, or similar experience in optical measurements and/or studies on visual experience  already completed a candidate level (B.Sc.) degree in the above mentioned field(s)

In this role, you will be working with our team on-site in Tampere – the home base of most of our development activities. Given the hands-on nature of our work, a significant part of your work is expected to take place on premises in our development site and laboratories in Tampere. There may be some opportunities for travel as well.

What you will learn and contribute to

We are currently looking for enthusiastic students to join us as interns or Master’s thesis workers in the area of Visual Systems, Optics and Visual System Validation to contribute to the research and development of cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) display solutions targeting the automotive sector.

Depending on the candidate’s background and qualifications, the work involves design and evaluations of geometric and diffractive optics and waveguide-based optical systems for automotive head-up displays, while tackling research challenges with an innovative approach. 

If you are about to finalize your M.Sc. studies soon, the position may offer options for a thesis work.

As part of our team you will:

participate in the design of geometrical and physical optics systems and diffractive and waveguide-based optics research prototypes modify and improve the custom simulation and design tools validate visual system designs turn your research into valuable inventions and participate in our patent creation activities develop strategic waveguide optics innovations from concepts to tangible proof-of-concepts  define and develop methods for visual assessment and analysis of the AR display systems