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Diagnostics Software Development Eng

NOKIA
$105,000 - $150,000 USD
United States, Massachusetts, Westford
1 Robbins Road (Show on map)
Nov 24, 2025

Join Nokia's IP Networking team as a Diagnostics Engineer and play a key role in shaping the future of high-performance networking solutions. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing cutting-edge boot and diagnostics software for our Ethernet switching and routing products, serving the needs of service providers, data centers, and enterprises. Collaborating closely with a diverse team of product line managers, hardware and software engineers, and manufacturing test engineers, you will contribute to the delivery of innovative, reliable, and high-performance hardware platforms.

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In this highly visible role as a Diagnostics Engineer, you will:



  • Design and develop component and system-level diagnostics software for systems, PCBA, and FPGAs for engineering design validation and for manufacturing testing.
  • Author functional diagnostics which provide the highest level of test coverage with fault isolation at the component level.
  • Create bring-up utilities to aid in initial hardware validation
  • Validate prototype platforms before they are distributed to other cross-functional groups.
  • Provide inputs to the hardware team during the design phase and collaborate with HW design, SW development and manufacturing teams.
  • Develop and execute detailed test plans to validate diagnostics software.
  • Support diagnostics regression testing and diagnostics release testing.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of procedures and practices for high-quality and reliable diagnostic systems.
  • Provide diagnostic support for both newly released and legacy products to optimize manufacturing yields.
  • Provide diagnostic support for manufacturing test and product sustaining teams.


  • BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience implementing diagnostics for engineering and/or manufacturing test environments.
  • Strong test and debug skills, with the ability to analyze and resolve complex technical issues.
  • Excellent C/C++ programming skills
  • Proficiency in reading product hardware schematics, component specifications and performing digital circuit analysis
  • Familiarity with CPU / peripheral interfaces such as I2C, PCIe, SPI, etc.
  • Low-level hardware programming, and driver-level or embedded software skills/experience
  • Effective communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Scripting experience in a Linux environment
  • Familiarity with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and packet test platforms
  • Experience with UBoot/Linux low-level software development
  • Familiarity with s/w version-control tools like GIT
  • Fundamental understanding of Makefiles, compilers, and/or linkers.


It would be nice if you also had:



  • OS and Kernel development experience
  • Experience in debugging, developing, and testing in the Linux kernel



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