Join Nokia's IP Networking team as a Diagnostics Engineer and play a key role in shaping the future of high-performance networking solutions. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing cutting-edge boot and diagnostics software for our Ethernet switching and routing products, serving the needs of service providers, data centers, and enterprises. Collaborating closely with a diverse team of product line managers, hardware and software engineers, and manufacturing test engineers, you will contribute to the delivery of innovative, reliable, and high-performance hardware platforms.

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As a Diagnostics Engineer with the IP Networking team at Nokia, you'll be responsible for defining, developing, and optimizing boot and diagnostics software associated with Ethernet switching and routing products for service provider, data center, and enterprise applications. You will work closely with a larger cross-functional team including product line managers, hardware, software and manufacturing test engineers to deliver high-performance, innovative and reliable hardware platforms.

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• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience implementing diagnostics for engineering and/or manufacturing test environments.
• Strong test and debug skills, with the ability to analyze and resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent C/C++ programming skills
• Proficiency in reading product hardware schematics, component specifications and performing digital circuit analysis
• Familiarity with CPU / peripheral interfaces such as I2C, PCIe, SPI, etc.
• Low-level hardware programming, and driver-level or embedded software skills/experience
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Scripting experience in a Linux environment
• Familiarity with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and packet test platforms
• Experience with UBoot/Linux low-level software development
• Familiarity with s/w version-control tools like GIT
• Fundamental understanding of Makefiles, compilers, and/or linkers.
  

It would be nice if you also had:

• OS and Kernel development experience
• Experience in debugging, developing, and testing in the Linux kernel
  
  
  

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In this highly visible role as a Diagnostics Engineer, you will:

• Design and develop component and system-level diagnostics software for systems, PCBA, and FPGAs for engineering design validation and for manufacturing testing.
• Author functional diagnostics which provide the highest level of test coverage with fault isolation at the component level.
• Create bring-up utilities to aid in initial hardware validation
• Validate prototype platforms before they are distributed to other cross-functional groups.
• Provide inputs to the hardware team during the design phase and collaborate with HW design, SW development and manufacturing teams.
• Develop and execute detailed test plans to validate diagnostics software.
• Support diagnostics regression testing and diagnostics release testing.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of procedures and practices for high-quality and reliable diagnostic systems.
• Provide diagnostic support for both newly released and legacy products to optimize manufacturing yields.
• Provide diagnostic support for manufacturing test and product sustaining teams.