Photonic AI & Automation Product Engineer

NOKIA; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Nokia in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Photonic Product Engineer for AI & Automation to drive AI initiatives across product engineering, testing, manufacturing, and reliability. You will build reusable tools and data-driven processes across development lifecycles to enhance engineering effectiveness.

The role collaborates with Development, Test, Reliability, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, and IT teams to embed AI-ready practices and measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, Photonics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
• Experience applying AI, machine learning, analytics, software, or automation to engineering, product development, test, or manufacturing challenges.
• Strong programming, data analysis, and tool development skills using Python or similar technologies.
• Experience with AI technologies, engineering data systems, knowledge management, traceability, or decision-support tools.
• Experience with optical transceiver products, photonics, DSP, semiconductor technologies, Product Engineering processes, or manufacturing and test systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Execute Product Engineering AI and automation initiatives across PIC, ASIC, TROSA, and Plug.
• Drive adoption of AI, ML, automation, and data-driven engineering practices within Prod Eng and partner organizations.
• Establish common methods, frameworks, and knowledge systems that enable scalable use of AI across the product lifecycle.
• Transform engineering data, workflows, and traceability into AI-ready systems spanning development, qualification, manufacturing, reliability, and field performance.
• Build, validate, and deploy reusable tools, agents, analytics, and automation solutions that improve engineering effectiveness.
• Partner with Development, Test, Reliability, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, and IT teams to align data, tools, and practices and deliver measurable business impact.

Skills

AI & automation experience

Python programming

Data analysis

Tool development

Education

PhD in EE, CS, DS, Physics, Photonics or related field

Tools

Python

Job description

Nokia in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Photonic Product Engineer for AI & Automation to drive AI initiatives across product engineering, testing, manufacturing, and reliability. You will build reusable tools and data-driven processes across development lifecycles to enhance engineering effectiveness.

The role collaborates with Development, Test, Reliability, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, and IT teams to embed AI-ready practices and measurable business impact.