RF Hardware Design Intern
Nokia
Other Engineering, Design
United States
Posted on Dec 20, 2025
Position: RF/Digital Hardware Design Intern
Number of Position(s): 3
Duration: 10 weeks
Date: June – August 2025
Location: Naperville, IL - Onsite
EDUCATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Currently a candidate for a Master’s or bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with an accredited school in the US.
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About the Business Group
Join Mobile Networks (MN) and help us become the trusted partner of choice for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), as well as for non-CSP entities in sectors like utilities, transportation, public services, and defense. Your work will contribute to delivering unbeatable customer experiences in wireless connectivity.
In the Radio Access Network (RAN) Business Unit, you’ll help shape Nokia’s wireless portfolio from 2G to 6G. You’ll contribute to product management and marketing while delivering advanced RAN solutions like Cloud RAN and ORAN worldwide.
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If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enrich our teams, and you may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.
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Some of our benefits for students in the US:
- Flexible and hybrid working schemes to balance study, work, and life
- Professional development events and networking opportunities
- Well-being programs, including Personal Support Service 24/7 - a confidential support channel open to all Nokia employees and their families in challenging situations
- Opportunities to join Nokia Employee Resource Groups (NERGs) and build connections across the organization
- Employee Growth Solutions, mentorship programs, and coaching support for your career development
- A learning environment that fosters both personal growth and professional development – for your role and beyond
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Students in this RF/Digital HW Design Intern position will join a product development-focused engineering team in the northwest Chicago suburbs, working alongside experienced RF and Digital design engineers to develop next-generation Wireless infrastructure hardware architectures. Specific activities include support for platform and product design implementation, product integration testing, and evaluation of new technologies.
- Career interest and Undergraduate or Graduate coursework related to Wireless Communications Systems, Analog circuit design, Digital circuit design, and RF performance testing.
- Experience with, or comfortable learning to use, test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Signal generators, Network Analyzers, oscilloscopes, voltage meters, power supplies, a soldering iron, and basic hand tools.
- Familiar with creating content in Microsoft Office apps, including Word and Excel.
It would be nice if you also had:
- Previous work/lab experience in RF or Digital hardware circuit design development, implementation, and/or validation testing.
- Work/lab experience with RF and or digital test equipment and the use of RF/Analog simulation tools
- Experience in circuit schematic design and PCB CAD layout.
- Experience in the analysis and presentation of test data
- Familiarity with Python scripting.
- Component (chip) selection, drawing schematics, and soldering of electronic components
- Coding and running automated laboratory test scripts to test individual circuits as well as overall systems
- Troubleshooting design issues and brainstorming with the team to find a fix
- Analog circuit simulation, digital circuit simulation
- Reliability prediction calculations