Senior Baseband Hardware Designer — Nokia, Oulu (Finland) Full Time NEW

If you have spent years designing baseband hardware and want to take on a senior baseband hardware designer role at a company where your work directly shapes global connectivity infrastructure, this Nokia Finland position in Oulu is worth a serious look.

Quick Job Overview

About Nokia

Nokia is a name most people recognise, but the company today is not just about mobile phones from a decade ago. Nokia is now a global leader in connectivity technology for the AI era, with expertise across fixed, mobile, and transport networks. Powered by the research coming out of Nokia Bell Labs, the company is deeply involved in building the infrastructure that keeps the world connected — from 5G networks to cloud solutions and beyond. Their Oulu site in Finland is one of their key R&D hubs, particularly for telecom hardware engineering and radio network development. With a workforce spread across more than 100 countries, Nokia offers the kind of scale and technical depth that serious hardware engineers tend to appreciate.

What This Role Involves

As a Senior Baseband Hardware Designer at Nokia, you will carry out targeted research and apply your findings to the specification, design, further development, and incremental improvement of products and systems. This is not a maintenance role — you will be actively designing and implementing baseband hardware using electronics design tools, managing board-level design work as a senior engineer, and contributing to integration, verification, test automation, and reporting activities. You will also perform SI/PI (Signal Integrity / Power Integrity) simulations and documentation, and provide production support when needed.

The role sits within Nokia’s Applied R&D organisation in Oulu, and the work is hands-on. You will be expected to take ownership of the full hardware design cycle — from initial concept through to production — which means this position suits someone who enjoys seeing their designs move from a screen into a real, manufactured product.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Nokia has listed the following as essential requirements for this Senior Baseband Hardware Designer position:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Electronics, Telecommunications, or a corresponding engineering area
• 5 to 10 years of experience in hardware development, bring-up, verification, and manufacturing
• Experience with hardware design and simulation tools
• Understanding of the hardware development process
• Strong analytical skills

They also mention that it would be beneficial if you have:

• A collaborative mindset — they value people who work well across teams and competence areas
• Good communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Salary, Benefits, and Relocation Support

Nokia has not specified a salary for this role. Rather than guessing or providing market estimates, we will leave this as “not specified by the employer” — and we encourage you to discuss compensation directly with Nokia during the recruitment process.

What Nokia does clearly list are the benefits available to employees in Finland:

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• A minimum of 90 days of maternity and paternity leave (based on eligibility)
• Edenred benefit voucher — 400 EUR per year
• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance
• Occupational health services, well-being programmes, employee resource groups, reimbursement for spectacle lenses, life insurance, and gyms at every site
• Personal Support Service 24/7 — a confidential support channel open to all Nokia employees and their families
• Share in Success — a voluntary employee share purchase plan
• Employee Referral programme
• Career growth and learning — technical career path, job rotation, coaching, and digital learning platforms
• Car benefit — eligibility based on job grade

Importantly, Nokia has stated that relocation support is not offered for this role. This means you would need to already be based in or near Oulu, or be prepared to arrange your own move to Finland.

Work Permit / Visa Note

Nokia has not explicitly mentioned visa sponsorship or work permit support for this role. The job posting states that relocation is not offered. If you are not a Finnish or EU/EEA citizen, you would need an existing right to work in Finland or would need to arrange your own work authorisation. Finland does have a specialist work permit route for highly skilled workers, and some EU Blue Card positions may be available in the country, but this is a general immigration pathway and is not something Nokia has confirmed for this particular position. We recommend discussing your situation directly with Nokia’s recruitment team before applying if you have questions about work authorisation.

Who This Role May Suit

This role is a good fit for experienced hardware design engineers who have spent at least five years — and ideally closer to ten — working on baseband or related hardware development for complex electronics products. If you are exploring engineering jobs in Europe and you enjoy the full cycle of hardware development from architecture through to production support, Nokia’s Oulu team is a strong option.

The hybrid working model gives you some flexibility, and Oulu itself is a well-known technology hub in northern Finland with a strong engineering community. For anyone considering jobs in Finland, this city offers a genuine concentration of telecom and hardware engineering talent. The role is particularly suitable if you already have the right to work in Finland or are an EU/EEA citizen, since Nokia has confirmed that relocation support is not provided.

How to Apply Officially

You can apply directly through Nokia’s official careers portal. This is the only official application route — do not apply through any third-party website or intermediary.

Apply on Nokia Careers — Job ID 36680

The posting will remain open until 21 June 2026, but Nokia reviews applications continuously and may close the posting early once they find the right candidate. If you are interested, applying sooner rather than later is a smart move.

Required Documents

Nokia has not listed specific documents required at the application stage. However, for a senior engineering role like this, you should typically have ready:

• An up-to-date CV or resume highlighting your hardware design experience
• Copies of relevant degree certificates
• Any portfolio or documentation of past hardware projects you can share

Frequently Asked Questions

Is relocation support available for this role?

No. Nokia has explicitly stated that relocation support is not offered for this position. You would need to arrange your own move to Oulu if you are not already based there.

Does Nokia sponsor a work visa for this role?

Nokia has not mentioned visa sponsorship in the job posting. If you are not an EU/EEA citizen and do not already have the right to work in Finland, you should contact Nokia’s recruitment team directly to clarify whether sponsorship might be possible before applying.

What is the salary for this position?

The salary has not been specified by the employer. You would need to discuss compensation during the recruitment process.

When is the application deadline?

The posting will remain open until 21 June 2026, but Nokia reviews applications on a rolling basis and may close it earlier.

Is this role open to remote workers outside Finland?

No. The role is based in Oulu, Finland, with a hybrid working arrangement. You need to be able to work on-site at the Oulu office.

Relevant Links

• Jobs in Finland — JobsRivo
• Engineering & Construction Jobs — JobsRivo
• EU Blue Card Jobs — JobsRivo
• Visa Sponsorship Guide 2026 — JobsRivo

Disclaimer

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