Subsea Pre-Sales Engineer APAC

In an increasingly connected world, the pandemic has highlighted just how essential telecom networks are to keeping society running. The Network Infrastructure group is at the heart of a revolution to connectivity, pushing the boundaries to deliver more and faster network capacity to people worldwide through our ambition, innovation, and technical expertise.

Join Optical Networks division, where innovation meets scale in the AI-driven data center era. With the recent acquisition of Infinera, we've united two industry leaders to create an optical networking powerhouse—combining cutting-edge technology with proven leadership to redefine the future of connectivity.

As the Pre Sales Engineer for Subsea in APAC, you will play a pivotal role in driving our submarine network solutions, ensuring they meet the evolving bandwidth demands of our clients. Collaborating closely with account directors and the presales team, you will be the technical expert guiding customer engagements, crafting network designs, and developing compelling proposals. Your expertise will directly inform product development while enhancing relationships with key customers, including Tier 1 operators and subsea cable consortiums. The work environment is dynamic and collaborative, emphasizing innovative problem-solving and independent initiative. You'll thrive in a remote role with extensive travel across APAC, becoming an integral part of our expanding and successful subsea team at Nokia.

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

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia's employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

•    Deliver expert presales technical support for Nokia subsea SLTE solutions across the APAC region.

•    Collaborate with account directors to analyze customer networks and tailor solutions to meet their bandwidth needs.

•    Own the design and documentation of subsea SLTE networks, including bill of materials and solution presentations.

•    Leverage Nokia network design tools to ensure optimal technical proposals and quotations for clients.

•    Drive project implementation efforts, supporting sales and project teams in closing deals and executing network solutions.

•    Provide market feedback and trends to product management to inform ongoing innovation and solution development.

•    Foster strong customer relationships through ongoing technical consultations and tailored solutions.

•    Lead and mentor a high-performing technical sales team, promoting a collaborative and solution-focused environment.

•    Bachelor's or Master's degree in Telecommunication, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

•    Technical expertise in submarine network and SLTE design

•    Knowledge of optical networking (DWDM, ROADM, OTN) and data networking (Ethernet, IP)

•    Proven ability to work in a team-oriented environment and lead technical discussions

It would be nice if you also had:

•    Experience with responding to RFP/RFQ and preparing technical quotations

•    Familiarity with customer relationships in APAC markets, including operators and subsea cable consortiums

•    Strong presentation and communication skills for technical sales activities

•    Flexibility to manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision