Radio Systems Research Engineer

Juniper Networks, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nokia Bell Labs seeks a talented research engineer to join the Radio Systems USA Department to design, implement, and validate novel concepts and algorithms for wireless radio systems. You will collaborate with domain experts, translate research into robust prototypes, and communicate results clearly across research, product, and standards teams.

Strong background in wireless physical-layer techniques (massive MIMO, beamforming), real-time workloads, and GPU/CPU performance engineering is

Qualifications

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or related field is required.
• Knowledge of wireless physical-layer incl. massive MIMO, beamforming, channel estimation and related techniques.
• Experience with real-time systems across latency/resource constraints.
• Ability to translate research into robust prototypes and communicate trade-offs clearly.
• Demonstrated GPU/CPU performance engineering, CUDA or equivalent, profiling and latency analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and validate new concepts and algorithms in radio systems.
• Collaborate with domain experts to implement and validate ideas.
• Document and communicate design and experiment results effectively.
• Generate IP and support technology transfer to business groups and standards bodies.

Skills

Massive MIMO

Beamforming

Channel estimation

Scheduling

Link adaptation

Spectral efficiency

Real-time systems

CUDA

Latency analysis

Profiling

Education

Master's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

CUDA toolkit

GPU profiling tools

Job description

Team Description

The goal of the Radio Systems USA Department at Nokia Bell Labs is to develop novel, superior, and disruptive technologies for wireless communication and sensing systems. We are devoted to establishing fundamentals as well as to developing game‑changing, high‑impact technologies and concepts for radio connectivity in AI-native networks over an ever‑widening range of frequency bands.

We are seeking a talented and self‑motivated research engineer to work with a team of domain experts with a focus on system design, implementation and validation of various new concepts and algorithms in radio systems. You are expected to

• Take initiative, and work independently as well as within a team
• Work closely with domain experts to implement and validate new concepts and algorithms
• Generate intellectual property and technology transfer to business groups and standards bodies
• Document and communicate design and experiment results clearly and effectively

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or related field
• Knowledge of wireless physical-layer preferably including massive MIMO, beamforming or precoding, channel estimation, scheduling, link adaptation, or other techniques that improve spectral efficiency.
• Experience working with real‑time systems across latency and resource efficiency using reproducible methods and representative workloads.
• Ability to translate research into robust prototypes and clearly communicate architecture choices, bottlenecks, trade‑offs, and customer‑relevant conclusions to research, product, and customer‑facing teams.
• Demonstrated GPU/CPU performance engineering or ability to learn fast , including CUDA or equivalent accelerator programming, kernel optimization, memory‑management optimization, profiling, and latency analysis. CPU programming including multithreading, vectorization, cache‑aware implementation, and use of optimized numerical libraries, to establish fair and credible baselines.

Preferred

familiarity with AI‑RAN, 5G‑Advanced or 6G RAN architectures, GPU‑accelerated Layer 1/Layer 2 processing, machine‑learning inference optimization, and relevant development frameworks or SDKs.