Job Application

Applied two positions in Nokia Research:

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Member of Research Staff-PAL0000002H
Description

Member of Research Staff - Ubiquitous Device Interoperability
Norkia's Research Center
Palo Alto, California

General Purpose
Nokia Research Center Palo Alto (NRCPA) is a new Nokia research lab founded in 2006 with the mission of carrying out a broad range of research activities in the areas of large-scale mobile internet services, systems and solutions.
The vision for this lab is to be the innovation agent, leveraging the culture, talents and dynamism of the Silicon Valley, to help transform Nokia into a leading company in not only mobile phone devices but also in mobile internet services, applications and solutions. The lab is located in Palo Alto and houses over 50 permanent researchers and about 30 interns.
To complement our energetic, multi-disciplinary NRCPA team, we are looking for an experienced embedded systems engineer and a well known research expert, who masters her/his own and closely related technology areas.

Main Responsibility Area
The NRCPA team is committed to the idea that a successful prototype and demonstration is the start and not the end of a research activity. As part of the team, you will be responsible for project-wide system development and integration, and actively contributes to and co-ordinates similar department-level activities.
The areas of technical responsibility require in-depth expertise in operating systems, multimedia frameworks, capability discovery and middleware software preferable within embedded systems. You will actively apply your skills in areas, ranging from concept development, implementation, system debugging, and problem analysis up to quality assessment and technology transfer.
We want to specifically explore the opportunities for interoperability between mobile devices and remote intelligent devices, with focus on audio/visual media and graphics content, together with related command & control. You will work with latest mobile device and prototype platforms, and will assess and integrate new software components and system concepts.
We will first address automotive use cases, and will go further beyond from there. The work aims the creation of an ecosystem, committed to open and standardized solutions, enabling Nokia services to span across device boundaries.
The work will give broad opportunities to actively collaborate with internal and external partners, contribution to standardization and large-scale end-user trials. The NRCPA lab fosters team member to create IPR and to conduct high-profile research publications.

Scope
We are looking for an active individual contributor, who performs and coordinates short- and mid-term activities to meet project- and department-level objectives, who carries out root/cause analysis in complex technical problems and develops and implements recommendations.
Within the NRCPA lab, you act as a source of scientific and technical expertise to other team members and contribute to scientific discussion in your own area. The work may include active contribution to other multi-disciplinary projects on department level.

Impact
The impact will be short- and mid-term, usually on project-level. During the technology transfer phase, it is expected that the impact will be broader. The new team member is accountable for quality, accuracy and efficiency of own and team achievements. Actions and errors will have project-level functional impact.

Key Tasks
PERSONAL DIMENSION: Innovate and carry out research - Define technical concepts and write system specifications - Implement and test solutions - Support standardization - IPR creation - Contribute actively with ideas and solve problems
PROJECT DIMENSION: Acts as an experienced and active team member in research projects - Coach and support others within the research project and own expertise area - Participates in the project planning process

Network
Colleagues within own technical area inside and outside Nokia - Own research project or topic reviews - Relevant customers

Qualifications


Individual Portfolio
Typically 6-9 years relevant experience; key contributor, recognized specialist; master degree and above

Environment
Accepts responsibility for and demonstrates support for delegated decisions; requires minimum supervision; uses non-standard approaches to resolving issues; suggests improvements and seeks opportunities for innovation; uses collegial or consultant interaction

Competencies
- Multimedia frameworks (e.g. gstreamer) and connectivity solutions (e.g. USB video)
- Interoperability technologies, like remote displays (e.g. X11, RDP) and user interaction (e.g. USB HID)
- Symbian/Linux operating system internals
- Embedded software development using C/C++, python for Linux and Symbian/S60
- Experimental system design, rapid prototyping and system debugging
Job Research & Development
Primary Location US-Palo Alto
Organization Corporate Development Office
Schedule Full-time
Education Level Master's Degree (±18 years)
Job Type Experienced
Employee Status Regular

Contact Name - External-Ginny Borelli
Contact Email - External-ext-ginny.borelli@nokia.com

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R&D Specialist 2 - Member of Research Staff 2 (SRO)-PAL0000001A
Description

The MoBS (Mobile Business Solutions) research team of NRC/PA is looking for a bright, innovative and enthusiastic researcher to help us invent the future of the mobile and ubiquitous Internet experience, with a particular emphasis on how mobile technologies will change the nature of communication and collaboration in the [virtual] workplace(s) of the future. Our research vision is to create new mobile application and services for mobile workers or “road warriors”, with a potential to usher in new worker behaviors.

We are growing a team of highly passionate people with proclivities for prognostication, high-fidelity prototyping and strong presentation skills, who are devoted to the design, development and deployment of mobile internet systems that will redefine our perspectives on, and approaches to, connecting people. Our approach to research is extremely hands on and experimental with an emphasis on publishing our research findings at major conferences. We have openings for researchers with experience, skills and commitment to push beyond the current horizons in one or more of the following areas: Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, collaboration technologies, social network analysis, web application development, search, information retrieval, scalable database systems, knowledge Management and discovery, statistical modeling and analysis, and other related fields.
Qualifications

A Ph.D. in computer science or electrical engineering, or an M.S. plus 3-5 years of experience in a research environment. Skills in web-oriented development tools such as HTML, XML, Ajax, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, CGI, SQL and ASP, are essential. Experience with Java and/or C++, working knowledge of computer science fundamentals, experience designing scalable system, Database design and familiarity with the Symbian operating system are all preferred, as is a predilection for learning new technologies. You should have strong practical and problem-solving skills, ability to effectively communicate and present research ideas, strong inclination to collaborate, and a passion to create new and innovative solutions.
Job Research & Development
Primary Location US-Palo Alto
Organization Corporate Development Office
Schedule Full-time
Education Level Doctorate Degree (over 19 years)
Job Type Experienced
Employee Status Regular
Travel Yes, 10% of the time