Deployment Systems Engineer, Nokia Drone Networks
About this role
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are now looking for an Autopilot Firmware Engineer to join our Nokia Drone Networks team in Espoo, Finland. You will develop and maintain mission-critical embedded software that enables safe, reliable, and scalable autonomous drone operations. In this role, you will own firmware features end-to-end-from design and implementation to verification, flight-test support, and release-quality documentation.
We are at the forefront of leading agile technologies, consistently adopting the latest advancements to strategically integrate intelligent robotics and intelligent networks into real-life projects. Our multi-cultural team fosters a dynamic, agile, and start-up-like culture. We prioritize responsiveness and flexibility, while also maintaining the capability for structured approaches to meet diverse customer needs.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement autopilot firmware components in C/C++ (RTOS / bare-metal / embedded Linux where applicable), focusing on safety, determinism, and performance.
- Develop and maintain low-level drivers and interfaces for sensors and peripherals (e.g., IMU, GNSS, barometer, magnetometer, range sensors; PWM/CAN/UART/SPI/I2C).
- Own the debug & verification loop: create test plans, write unit/integration tests, analyze flight logs/telemetry, and drive root-cause analysis through to fix and validation.
- Collaborate tightly with systems, autonomy, and hardware teams to integrate new sensors/compute platforms, support bring-up, and improve flight robustness across real customer environments.
- Improve engineering excellence: contribute to coding standards, CI/CD for firmware, release readiness, and clear technical documentation for long-term maintainability.
Requirements
- Must-have:
- Fluent C/C++ skills with hands-on embedded development experience (RTOS, drivers, performance tuning, debugging).
- Solid understanding of embedded systems fundamentals (interrupts, timing, concurrency, memor