Mechanical Packaging Engineer
Posted 5 May 2026
Advertised as “Senior Mechanical Packaging Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 5–8 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyMechanical Engineering (or related)
Study levelMaster's or higher
As part of Nokia’s Advanced Packaging R&D team, you will be responsible for the mechanical development of next generation, high performance electro-optic modules. You will be responsible for the integration of Silicon Photonics based Coherent optical transceivers within Nokia’s Photonic Service Engines, from inception stage to New Product Introduction.
Responsibilities
- Lead Package Design and Architecture in collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure package requirements are met.
- Innovate designs, applying Design for Manufacturing principles and with an eye towards production volumes and cost targets.
- Drive key technology development to enable next generation product design.
- Perform FEA structural analysis, including linear, nonlinear and dynamic studies using software.
- Perform thermal analysis, and coupled-physics involving thermal–structural, thermal-mechanical stress and thermo-electric analyses.
- Own and maintain mechanical drawings and manufacturing documentation along with Bill of Materials for new products.
- Plan and Drive prototype assembly builds to enable deliveries for early design validation.
- Drive package debug activities during product validation and qualification.
- Survey new materials and vendors for all Advanced Packaging activities.
- Develop semiconductor and optical packaging processes in-house, or in close partnership with contract manufacturers.
Qualifications
You have:
- Advanced Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar field.
- 5-8 years of extended experience in high-volume packaging of 2.5/3D packages.
- Expertise in next generation advanced photonics packaging technologies.
- Expertise in 3D CAD design, tolerance analysis, and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) with SolidWorks or similar software.
- Expertise in thermal and thermo-mechanical simulations using ANSYS or similar software.
- Experience with package and process design/development from design to production.
- Expertise in material properties and yield/failure mode analysis.
- Experience with documentation of fabrication, inspection, and assembly processes.
- Solid interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills in order to interact with engineering staff, external vendors and contractors effectively.
- Experience with metrology techniques such as SEM/XSEM, confocal microscopy, or acoustic imaging.
- Expertise in materials property and process, yield analysis and enhancement, and failure mode and analysis.