Overview
In this role you will perform hands-on testing and validation of high-speed ADCs and DACs to enable next-gen optical transmission systems. You work in the lab, setting up measurements, analyzing results, and improving test methods in collaboration with ADC/DAC designers and DSP/ASIC teams. You will develop automated test setups in Python and help transition methods from development to manufacturing. This position offers impact through lab excellence and cross-location collaboration within Nokia’s optical networks ecosystem.
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Perform hands-on laboratory testing and characterization of high-speed ADCs and DACs
- Set up and operate high-frequency/RF test equipment (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators)
- Execute measurements for standalone devices and DSP/ASIC-integrated solutions
- Develop and maintain automated test setups and scripts (Python)
- Analyze results to identify performance limits and anomalies
- Troubleshoot hardware, test setups, and measurement issues in the lab
- Collaborate with hardware teams to explain results and support debugging
- Improve test methodologies for accuracy, repeatability, and efficiency
- Support transition of test methods to manufacturing and volume testing
- Collaborate with international Nokia teams
Zentrale Anforderungen
- Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering or related field
- Strong hands-on laboratory experience with electronic/RF test setups
- Experience testing and characterizing ADCs and/or DACs
- Experience with high-speed/high-frequency measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators)
- Good understanding of ADC/DAC performance and measurement methodologies
- Experience building, configuring, and troubleshooting complex lab test setups
- Python programming for test automation and lab equipment control
- Basic understanding of digital signal processing and firmware/software interfaces
- Fluent written and spoken English
- German language skills are an advantage
- strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- effective collaboration with cross-functional teams
- international teamwork orientation
- high-speed/high-frequency measurement
- ADC/DAC characterization
- test automation in Python
High-Speed Converters Test and Validation Engineer in Dortmund Arbeitgeber: Nokia
Nokia ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der eine inklusive und respektvolle Unternehmenskultur fördert. Mit flexiblen Arbeitsmodellen, umfangreichen Elternzeitregelungen und einem starken Fokus auf persönliche und berufliche Weiterentwicklung bietet Nokia seinen Mitarbeitern die Möglichkeit, in einem dynamischen Umfeld zu wachsen und sich weiterzuentwickeln. Die Zusammenarbeit mit einem globalen Team von Experten im Bereich KI und Cloud-Technologien ermöglicht es Ihnen, an vorderster Front der Innovation zu arbeiten und einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur Verbesserung der Konnektivität in der Welt zu leisten.
