Senior Research Scientist - 5G/6G Telco Edge & Cloud

Elisa Corporation; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Elisa is seeking a (Senior) Research Scientist to join our mobile network technologies and services team in Helsinki, with flexibility for travel within the region. This three-year fixed-term position blends cutting-edge 5G and 6G research with early-stage telco-edge-cloud service innovation.

You will investigate distributed network, cloud, and edge technologies, collaborating with Elisa teams, universities, technology partners, and EU projects.

Qualifications

• PhD or doctorate-level expertise in telecommunications or related areas.
• Strong understanding of 5G/6G architectures including edge computing and cloud-native functions.
• Experience with cloud-native deployment, DevOps/Kubernetes, automation and orchestration.
• Research background with analytical methods, simulations, lab testing or network measurements.
• Ability to translate service requirements into network, cloud and edge platform needs.
• Experience in EU research projects and international consortia.
• Excellent communication skills and fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent and collaborative 5G/6G research in distributed telco-edge-cloud services.
• Participate in EU research activities with Elisa units, partners and universities.
• Investigate federated telco-edge-cloud service platforms, including APIs, exposure, orchestration and deployment.
• Support academic research, publications and potential IP.
• Provide system-level architecture insights for low-latency, scalable services.
• Contribute to validation and demonstrations.

Skills

5G/6G knowledge

Cloud-native deployment

DevOps/Kubernetes

Analytical methods & simulations

International collaboration

English fluency

Education

PhD in telecommunications

Job description

Elisa is seeking a (Senior) Research Scientist to join our mobile network technologies and services team in Helsinki, with flexibility for travel within the region. This three-year fixed-term position blends cutting-edge 5G and 6G research with early-stage telco-edge-cloud service innovation.

You will investigate distributed network, cloud, and edge technologies, collaborating with Elisa teams, universities, technology partners, and EU projects.