5G Software specialist
Nokia
Greece
Posted on Nov 25, 2025
SW Specialist conducts target-oriented research to directly apply findings to the specification, design, further development, and incremental improvement of products, services, systems, tools, processes, etc. Integrates, verifies, tests, and modifies SW, HW, system components and capitalizes on innovative solutions to meet particular requirements and specifications.
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Some of our benefits in Greece:
- On site, hybrid or remote work arrangements, based on the business requirements
- Life and medical insurance, plus an annual medical check-up program
- 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)
- Group pension plan and incentive programs to support long-term financial security
- Ticket restaurant e-card
- Company bus transportation and company-provided mobile device with subscription
- Referral bonus for recommending qualified candidates
- Well-being programs to support your mental and physical health
- Personal Support Service 24/7 - a confidential support channel open to all Nokia Employees and their families in challenging situations
- Opportunities to engage with Nokia Employee Resource Groups (NERGs), as well as access to mentors, coaches, and Employee Growth Solutions
- A learning culture that promotes continuous personal and professional growth – for your role and beyond
As a member of our Nokia team, you will design and implement new features based on telecom specifications and customer requirements for the CMM, the core element of Mobile Networks. Cooperation with other technical experts will be part of your everyday work to achieve the committed objectives, leading the evolution to 5G networks that is required by customers worldwide.
You need to have:
- Degree on Computer Science and Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
- Good academic level on Telecom/Networking, Operating Systems, Systems and Signals Transmission.
- Familiarisation with development applications using Linux (e.g. GitLab) and good knowledge of programming and scripting languages (e.g. C/C++)
- Self-motivation and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
- Ability to recognize core elements of problems, solve both concrete and abstract problems by integrating complex knowledge sources and ability to support the wider team in resolving high complexity issues.
- Ability to drive technical discussions across groups, explain and provide analysis and best-solution options and contribute to decision-making, as a way forward on reported problems.
It would be nice if you also had:
- Experience in creating large scale applications for Cloud
- Experience with algorithm optimisation & code profiling using thread, memory, network and performance analyser tools
- Experience in 3GPP, 4G/5G Radio, Packet Core
- Experience with virtualization/cloud technologies, such as OpenStack, VMWare, Azure, AWS
- Experience with Container platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
- Develop SW and HW build-controlled production releases.
- Define product hardware and software evolution through the creation and release of documentation, change control management, supplier and customer notifications.
- Apply and maintain quality standards. Participate in process and tools evolution and improvements.
- Resolve customer tickets. Diagnose complex problems on hardware and software and provide resolution or recommend corrective actions.
- Retain technical and design knowledge for assigned products and technologies and provide training to new team members.