About NI - Network Infrastructure

Our ambition is to be ‘the world’s most trusted systems partner for the world’s most critical networks. Our focus is on the building blocks and essential solutions of critical networks, driving digitalization across all industries. Combining three strong divisions– IP Networks, Optical Networks, Fixed Networks– Network Infrastructure intends to provide technology leadership in every one of our divisions.

 

About FN - Fixed Networks 

Nokia is a major global equipment vendor with a leading set of Fixed Access technologies. There is no “one size fits all” technology for service providers, every deployment is different. Being able to deliver fiber and wireless access technologies is a clear strength. Our ability to take our customers beyond the network termination point and deliver gigabit broadband throughout the home is another. And our approach to virtualization, accompanying our customers as they transition to the cloud at their own pace is a third. ​​​​​​​Our leading position in openness adds to our credibility and authenticity when helping our customers decide what’s right for their business.

The NPI (New Product Introduction) team based in France is looking for a NPI Expert to join our team. 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.

Your prime mission will be to develop and supply best in class NPI engineering expertise.

Your initial focus will be to develop competences on FTTH products, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), Passive Optical Lan (POL) . The second step will be on SDAN & Cloud Solutions (Altiplano, Lightspan, Deployment in public & private Cloud networks). 

In addition, in this role you will be working closely with Technical Project Managers which will act as your prime interface in your projects, and with Solution Architects for projects requiring solution design and architecture services.

Our focus is always on our customers, both internal and external. You will benefit from a pool of vast expertise and knowledge. You will be working with various products and solutions in our NPI lab. We will offer you a tailored development and training program, including a step by step building up of expertise, assisted by one or more fellow team member (hands on).
 

Your skills and experience

You have:

Master's degree with a great interest in Cloud, Telecommunications, and IT technologies. Experience in some of the below domains Network Security concepts & solutions Fixed Network products & solutions Telecom protocols (QoS/ Routing  ..) A solid background in Linux/Unix server system administration  Management system (Kubernetes, VMware, Dockers..) Knowledge of web services, API, REST, and RPC Experience with Linux Shell Scripting, ansible or Python scripting You are eager to learn & develop yourself and others, you like flexibility, a dynamic work environment, working on various domains, working with various teams and roles.

 

 

What you will learn and contribute to:

Your prime mission will be to develop and supply best in class NPI engineering expertise. (New Product Introduction) You will be executing or supporting customer engineering projects - preparing for and executing Customer Demos, Proof of Concepts, Lab Trials and Field Trials for New Technologies (both customer facing and back-end). Concrete activity will consist of Test Planning, Test Case Definition, Test Setup, Test execution, reporting and working on quality issues (NPI tickets) till resolution, interfacing with customer technical staff and R&D technical staff for FN technical aspects, team up with Pre-Sales & Business Development & Program Managers. You will take part in executing a set of NPI services for the RBC like NPI Ticket Support, technical Q&A support for Partners, contribute to RBC playbook programs.