Senior Hardware Architect ASIC

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Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced hardware design leader to drive the definition, development, and delivery of complex, next-generation hardware solutions. This role operates at a strategic and hands-on technical level, influencing system architecture, product direction, and industry standards while serving as a senior subject-matter expert across the organization. The position requires deep expertise in translating system-level requirements into robust, industry-leading hardware designs and leading large, complex development initiatives with significant scope, risk, and impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of complex hardware platforms from concept through product delivery.
• Translate system-level requirements, customer use cases, and business objectives into high-quality hardware designs and prototypes.
• Drive large, cross-functional product development programs with significant technical complexity, scale, and risk.
• Define hardware specifications, interfaces, and operating parameters, considering full system and hardware/software interactions.
• Coordinate and integrate multiple hardware components into complete, end-to-end solutions.
• Perform design modeling, simulation, validation, and analysis to ensure performance, quality, and compliance with industry standards.
• Identify design or program gaps, conduct root-cause analysis, and define corrective actions.
• Influence technical strategy and roadmap decisions within the wider hardware organization.
• Act as a senior technical authority and subject-matter expert across Nokia, including customer and partner engagements.
• Lead and mentor technical teams, manage resources, and guide complex projects to successful outcomes.
• Drive technology scouting and assess emerging technologies relevant to Nokia's product portfolio.
• Contribute to standardization forums, industry initiatives, and open or collaborative hardware programs.
• Support supplier evaluations and technical decision-making in sourcing and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in hardware architecture, board-level design, and system-level integration for complex products.
• Proven experience leading large-scale hardware product development in a global, matrix environment.
• Strong understanding of hardware/software co-design and end-to-end system engineering.
• Advanced skills in design modeling, simulation, validation, and engineering analysis.
• Ability to solve highly complex, novel technical problems using analytical thinking and sound engineering judgment.
• Experience influencing architecture, roadmap, or technical strategy at organizational or product-line level.
• Background in industry standards, technology consortia, or open hardware initiatives is strongly valued.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical solutions to business and customer needs.
• Demonstrated leadership in guiding senior engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Clear, confident communicator with the credibility to represent Nokia internally and externally.