Thermal Engineer
Nokia
Date: 7 hours ago
City: Kanata, ON
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
We are strengthening our thermal capability with experts on thermal design, simulation and analysis. As a thermal designer in the NI-IP organization, you will be responsible for the design development of the latest products and prototypes. This position requires self-starters who can manage complex designs from initial concepts through to production release. You will work with highly motivated teams of engineering professionals and have personal responsibly to drive your designs through the process.
DCN2025
How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
Your skills and experience
Come create the technology that helps the world act together
Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work
What we offer
Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.
Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer
Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:
Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.
Additional Information
US/Canada Nokia Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to:
Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity.(Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role)
All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.
About The Team
The pandemic has highlighted how important telecoms networks are to society. Nokia’s Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.
We are strengthening our thermal capability with experts on thermal design, simulation and analysis. As a thermal designer in the NI-IP organization, you will be responsible for the design development of the latest products and prototypes. This position requires self-starters who can manage complex designs from initial concepts through to production release. You will work with highly motivated teams of engineering professionals and have personal responsibly to drive your designs through the process.
DCN2025
How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
- Participate in the design and development of complex mechanical designs (product architecture, detailed specification definition for complex systems, technology (component) selection and the application of design tools/methods
- Work on device package, PCB assembly, and system level products/solutions.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary design teams and contribute at all stages of the product lifecycle from architecture through design, test, and final release, to find optimal thermal solutions for our products.
- Conduct CFD simulations using industry leading tools
- Perform empirical testing to validate and support simulations
- Investigate industry trends and interface with thermal component suppliers to learn and assess new technologies
- Provides sizing and estimates of work and review of product development schedules
Your skills and experience
- Mechanical or Thermal Engineering degree or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience in electronics cooling, preferably in the telecommunications industry with a good understanding of telecommunication network architecture and design.
- Experience using CFD thermal analysis tools (Flomerics tools from Siemens) and other heat transfer related analysis tools.
- Additional experience in electronics packaging would be an asset
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Can work efficiently both independently and as part of a team.
- Self-motivated enthusiastic team player with good written/verbal communication
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to build relationships across multiple teams
Come create the technology that helps the world act together
Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work
What we offer
Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.
Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer
Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:
- One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
- Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
- Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.
Additional Information
US/Canada Nokia Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to:
- Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
- Health and dental benefits
- Short-term disability, and long-term disability
- Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
- Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program
Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity.(Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role)
All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.
About The Team
The pandemic has highlighted how important telecoms networks are to society. Nokia’s Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to bring more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.
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