Nokia · 8 hours ago
Principal Consulting Engineer
Coppell, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expNokia is a leading technology company specializing in IP Routing and Data Center Fabric solutions. The Principal Consulting Engineer will drive Nokia's solutions, support pre-sales teams, and engage with customers to maximize product adoption and ensure technical acceptance of solutions.
ElectronicsEnterprise SoftwareInternet of ThingsMobile DevicesTelecommunications
Responsibilities
Work closely with the sales teams (sales executives, sales managers, sales engineers) on identifying opportunities and driving IP business to closure
Develop the technical strategy for each opportunity with the sales team and drive it to technical acceptance by the customer
Be able to meet with influential customer decision makers and communicate verbally or via presentation tools the exact details of Nokia ’s IP product capabilities and the specific solutions being offered to the customer
Develop technical collateral, such as white papers and PowerPoint presentations to demonstrate to customers how Nokia ’s products and delivery capabilities are their best option for success
Work with Product Line Managers Drive to drive product development through customer and industry specific feedback based on current and future requirements
Qualification
Required
Four-year Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science (or related technical degree and/or equivalent experience)
Minimum 10+ years of experience as a customer facing technical pre-sales engineer working with Hyperscaler and Cloud companies, or equivalent experience designing and/or operating IP networks at Hyperscaler and Cloud companies
Experience working in a technical leadership role, developing and implementing programs involving multiple stakeholders
Deep conceptual understanding and testing and deployment experience of the following technologies: IPv4 and IPv6 Routing technologies including IGP (OSPF and IS-IS) and BGP
Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN technologies including MPLS, Segment Routing (with MPLS and IPv6 data plane), VXLAN, Pseudowires, VPLS, EVPN, and IP VPNs
Traffic Engineering including RSVP-TE, SR-TE and PCE/PCEP architectures
Modern Data Center networking design and operations including CLOS networks, Underlay and Overlay technologies, and the networking integration to cloud and virtualization platforms
YANG models (proprietary and standards), OpenConfig, NETCONF, gNMI Telemetry and modern network automation frameworks
Familiarity with designing and implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
Good understanding of the current networking chipset options both in the Data Center and in the WAN
Experience driving product lifecycle management requirements
Ability to write detailed 'Feature Request Documents' describing all the detailed software and hardware requirements for new feature development
Ability to build credible business and technical arguments, including low-level technical discussions on HW and SW, to support feature development requests
Ability to understand different HW platforms and their capabilities down to the chipset level to drive product evolution discussions
Be on top of industry standardization entities like IETF, contributing to emerging standards as required
Company
Nokia
Nokia manufactures mobile devices, network infrastructure, and location-based technology for businesses. It is a sub-organization of Enscryb.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.45BKey Investors
European Investment BankNVIDIANational Telecommunications and Information Administration
2025-12-16Post Ipo Debt· $511.84M
2025-10-28Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2025-06-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.76B
Leadership Team
Justin Hotard
President and CEO
Victoria Hanrahan
Chief of Staff to the CEO
Recent News
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