Careers in Network Infrastructure
Join us as we advance connectivity and shape the future of the world’s most critical networks
Network Infrastructure's ambition is to be ‘the world’s most trusted systems partner for the world’s most critical networks’. Our focus is on the building blocks and essential solutions of critical networks, driving digitalization across all industries.
Combining three strong divisions – IP networks; Optical networks and Fixed networks – Network Infrastructure intends to provide technology leadership in every one of our divisions. Open yourself to challenges and explore the exponential potential of networks with us.
Why work with us?
Open your best life with us
Some of our global benefits:
- New Child Leave - 90 days paid family leave and a right to return for up to one year from the date of birth or adoption
- Global Life Insurance
- Flexible and hybrid working schemes
- Well-being programs to support you mentally and physically
- Opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups
- Highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered
- Technical Career path - possibility to grow as an individual subject matter expert
- Continuous learning opportunities, and Digital Learning platforms
Fixed networks
Data center networks
IP networks
Optical networks
Open your best life with us
Some of our global benefits:
- New Child Leave - 90 days paid family leave and a right to return for up to one year from the date of birth or adoption
- Global Life Insurance
- Flexible and hybrid working schemes
- Well-being programs to support you mentally and physically
- Opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups
- Highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered
- Technical Career path - possibility to grow as an individual subject matter expert
- Continuous learning opportunities, and Digital Learning platforms
Build the fiber networks powering the next digital decade(s)
At Nokia Fixed Networks, we don’t just follow broadband innovation - we set the pace. From the world’s first Gigabit PON to today’s quantum-safe 25G and 50G fiber, our technologies connect nearly 40% of fiber homes globally.
Now, as the industry moves toward AI-driven automation and 100G+ fiber access, we’re looking for the next generation of engineers, software developers, and AI specialists to help shape what comes next.
We’re expanding our teams in India, Belgium and Greece.
Fiber for everything
Meet Quillion
What you'll work on
- AI-powered automation for real networks
We’re building the industry’s most advanced AI-driven access automation platform, helping operators move from manual operations to predictive, self-optimizing networks. We’re already deploying with early adopters, and now we’re taking it to mass market. - Bringing fiber inside enterprises
Factories, hospitals, hotels, campuses, and stadiums are switching to fiber-based LANs. Our Optical LAN solutions are opening a fast-growing market where you’ll design systems that last decades and dramatically reduce power consumption.
Welcome to the birthplace of broadband
- We are powering the world’s largest and most advanced broadband networks
- We are the global broadband leader - with 40% market share
- DSL broadband was born here in Fixed Networks... as well as every mass-market fiber broadband technology
- We define new technologies; design our own chips; build the best broadband solutions; and shape the broadband industry
Inspiring customer stories
Google Fiber for broadband with Nokia 25G PON
Nokia and Chorus: the role of next-generation PON in industry 4.0 with Cherry Corp
Accelerate great: how nbn is bringing higher speeds across Australia
Podcasts
Looking for an opportunity to be part of a winning team pushing the boundaries on networking in the data center environment?
Nokia IP is redefining DC networking with a solution built for general-purpose and AI workloads. Our high-performance fabrics, automated operations and seamless interconnectivity enable AI-driven enterprises to operate with unmatched reliability, scalability and efficiency from edge to cloud.
We’re expanding our teams in Belgium, Canada, Greece, India, Slovakia and the United States. Apply today.
Can Nokia IP can be a top-player with our product portfolio? | Meet Vach | VP, NI IP Networks
Rare Career Moments | Meet Mike | Head Business Development IP Data Center, NI
Someday is here, and you can be a part of it
What's Someday? It's the day when the promises of AI become real, driven by the cutting-edge innovations you’ll help design for data center networks. When the platforms and solutions in data center networks are more reliable, adaptable and scalable. It’s when your expertise brings human error closer to zero. And when everything just works, whether it’s enabling traditional application workloads, or meeting the stringent connectivity of AI workloads and AI-driven network operations.
We’re open to unique minds like yours, Someday starts with you.
Join our Data Center Sales Team – where innovation meets impact
Step into the future with our Data Center Sales & Pre-Sales team, where we’re not just building networks - we’re redefining them for the AI era.
Backed by €100M in annual investment and trusted by hyperscalers like Microsoft and CoreWeave, we are leading the charge with cutting-edge innovations like SR Linux, Event-Driven Automation, and the industry’s first GenAI assistant for networking.
If you want to shape the digital infrastructure powering AI, cloud, and automation globally, there’s no better time - or place - than now, at Nokia.
Our big partnerships
IP Networks
Our IP Networks team is working on some of the latest breakthroughs and innovations to build scalable, secure and adaptive networks.
Meet FP5, Nokia’s next generation of the industry’s leading IP routing silicon network processor. Delivering unexpected new agility, security and efficiency, it’s the new heart of the IP networks that keep us all going, no matter what.
Master the unexpected with Nokia’s new FP5 silicon
Building the optical foundation of the AI era
The growth of AI is transforming global traffic patterns, driving unprecedented demand for scale, speed and efficiency in optical networks. Connectivity is no longer just about capacity; it’s enabling the AI supercycle.
Join Nokia’s industry-leading optical team as we deliver the foundation for scalable and efficient networks. Our portfolio of advanced optical engines, open platforms and automation enables customers to scale faster, operate smarter, and monetize AI-driven connectivity.
Nokia Unboxed: Inside Pluggable Coherent Optics with Fady Masoud
Optical DCI at a glance
Introducing Nokia ICE-X 800G ZR/ZR+
What you’ll work on
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Building next-generation optical infrastructure
Our technology underpins the world’s most demanding optical networks and Nokia leads the industry with expertise in digital signal processors, silicon photonics and indium phosphide technologies that are at the core of our high-performance, energy-efficient optical solutions.
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Solving real-world customer challenges
Leading AI and cloud providers, telecommunications providers, and mission-critical enterprises depend on Nokia to deliver solutions that help them achieve their business objectives. Help them succeed by building end-to-end solutions that maximize capacity while maintaining the lowest-cost and -energy-per-bit.
Nokia’s optical leadership
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Global Market Leader
We’re the #1 or #2 provider of optical networking solutions, in almost every market worldwide and connecting billions via submarine and terrestrial systems.
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Industry-leading innovation
Pioneering optical "firsts" in coherent optics and PICs, setting new network performance benchmarks.
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Driving next-gen connectivity
Developing optical transport for 5G, cloud, and AI data centers, shaping future digital communication.
Customer success stories
Connect personally with Dharmendra, Rahul, Nick and Emre, Nokia Insiders from Network Infrastructure
Meet our Talents
Meet Namya, Software Quality Assurance Engineer | Nokia USA
Nokia Oceania Graduates | First months at #TeamNokia
Latest news on Network Infrastructure
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