Department Head, Radio Interface and Access Group Espoo

Strategy and Technology lays the path for Nokia’s future technology innovation and identifies the most promising areas for Nokia to create new value. We set the company’s strategy and technology vision, offer an unparalleled research foundation for innovation, and provide critical support infrastructure for Nokia. 

Job Description

Nokia Standards is seeking for an ambitious and top engaged department head for Radio Interface and Access Research Team in Espoo/Finland. The candidate will lead research in the field of 5G-Advanced and 6G, support the design, standardization and development of the related radio interface and access technologies, publish key results, and file patent disclosures.

What you will learn and contribute to

Specifically, your role includes the following responsibilities:

• • • Radio research in the area of radio interface architecture and protocols, physical layer techniques and RF design challenges, Radio Resource Control and Radio Resource Management aspects
    • Leading a high-performance team driving for continuous improvement and world-class radio research execution and innovation
    • People management including competence management and development
    • Assurance of Standards Research process and quality conformance in the scope of Nokia
    • Contribute and participate in customer dialogue on latest wireless technology trends
    • Participate to wireless access research strategy creation process
    • Ensure active participation in 3GPP for the related research to push Nokia research results into standardization
    • Influence the next generation mobile communications and standards
    • Contribute with 3GPP contributions within the research area
    • Develop leading research in the area of terminal and devices

Requirements:

• • • Strong system background in 5G is a prerequisite
    • Strong leadership background, either with projects or line management
    • A background with a master’s degree or equivalent.
    • A profound understanding of the area of radio access systems is a prerequisite
    • A good understanding of radio product portfolio and wireless business
      strategy is required
    • Experience in 3GPP standardization will be a plus

Perfect technical background:

• • • 5+ years as research/program/product and/or line manager of larger teams
    • Multi -national and distributed environment
    • Leading expert organizations in highly complex technology
    • Extensive exposure to international interworking culture
    • You are proactive and willing to follow and search for latest research results!
    • Fluent English skills is a requirement
       

Personal attributes:

• • • Strong technical and influential leadership skills
    • Strategic and business-related thinking
    • Strong skills in networking across organizational structures
    • Strong technical and influential leadership skills
    • Fast analytical and abstraction capabilities
    • Excellent guide and coach capabilities. Getting a kick out of helping excellent people to become even more successful
    • High self-esteem/self-value to be able to challenge and to let expertise in team steer decision making, but with high technical intuition to cut through nonsense and do prioritization
    • Strong results orientation
    • Must adopt quickly to new conditions and actively manage changes
    • Ability to handle set-backs

Does the position meet your profile and personal ambitions, then please apply …

What we offer

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, 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.

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• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere

• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg

• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

• LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

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