Join Nokia as a Working Student and immerse yourself in real-world networking and ICT while collaborating with seasoned professionals inside dynamic, production grade laboratories. This long-term student role is designed for IT/ICT students, ideally in their second year, who want to build practical skills, contribute meaningfully to daily lab operations, and balance work with studies thanks to flexible working hours. You will be part of the COO Business Unit’s Laboratory Operations Team for our Common Services and Infrastructure (COSI) organization, where you will help maintain and evolve lab environments, support ongoing experiments and infrastructure tasks, and learn the end-to-end flow of how modern telco labs operate.

You will thrive in our culture of innovation, openness, discipline, simplicity, accountability, and a profit mindset, joining a team that values trust, teamwork, and continuous learning. If you’re curious, proactive, and eager to turn theory into practice in an ever-changing lab setting, this is your opportunity to grow with Nokia while making a real impact.

During the interview you can expect:

• A practical chat to explore your networking and Linux knowledge.
• A short exercise or scenario to see your problem‑solving and communication in action.
• We’re not looking for perfection. Curiosity, clarity, and a growth mindset matter most.

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Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
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

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

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Working Student is a long-term paid internship that allows you to kickstart your fabulous journey in the IT and Telecom world. As our Trainee you can have experience working in such areas that correspond to full-time engineering jobs. The internship usually lasts from 6 to 24 months. We are open to flexible working hours so that you can reconcile working with us with your studies. #OpenToYou.

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Your have:

• Active student status in Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Software Technology (or a related field).
• Ability to work full‑time during summer and at least 3 days per week during the academic year. This position requires work from the office.
• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, MAC, ARP, VLAN, STP.
• Comfort with UNIX/Linux and the command line.
• Understanding of network services: DNS, DHCP, NTP.
• Familiarity with network elements: routers, switches, hubs, firewalls.
• Clear, confident communication in English (written and spoken).
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting mindset.

• Team‑player attitude and willingness to learn.

It would be nice if you had:

• Scripting/programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Experience with QEMU/KVM and related troubleshooting.
• Hands‑on familiarity with hardware vendors (Juniper, Nokia, Quanta, Dell, etc.).
• Knowledge of Windows Active Directory and its troubleshooting.

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