Associate Sales Engineer

About the Role

The Associate Sales Engineer is an early-career opportunity designed for individuals passionate about technology and interested in building a career at the intersection of engineering, business, and customer engagement. You will develop a strong foundation in networking and telecommunications while learning how Nokia's technologies help customers solve complex business and technical challenges. Through hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to real-world customer environments, you'll build the technical expertise, business acumen, and communication skills needed to grow into a trusted technical advisor.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with experienced sales and technical teams to help evaluate and develop new business opportunities.
• Build technical expertise and learn how to engage with customers, present innovative solutions, and explain the business value of Nokia technologies.
• Support customer demonstrations, lab evaluations, and technology trials while gaining hands-on experience with industry-leading networking solutions.
• Identify customer requirements and collaborate with internal experts to deliver solutions that meet their needs.
• Participate in customer visits and data center engagements, supporting on-site testing, deployments, and proof-of-concept activities.
• Contribute to proposal and offer development activities, including solution descriptions, Statements of Work (SoW), Bills of Quantity (BoQ), and Statements of Compliance (SoC).
• Gain exposure to the full customer lifecycle, from opportunity identification through solution delivery and deployment.
• Work alongside experienced mentors to develop both technical and customer-facing skills.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• A recent graduate or early-career professional with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or another STEM-related field.
• Excited about technology and interested in helping customers solve complex business and networking challenges.
• Eager to learn about telecommunications, networking technologies, and the technical sales process.
• A strong communicator who enjoys working with people and presenting ideas clearly.
• Curious, collaborative, and motivated to continuously develop new technical and professional skills.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office applications.
• Interested in emerging technologies, including AI and Agentic AI tools.
• Willing to travel and engage directly with customers.

Preferred Technical Knowledge

Exposure through coursework, internships, projects, or personal learning in one or more of the following areas:

• TCP/IP networking fundamentals
• IP routing and switching concepts
• OSI networking model
• Wireless networking technologies
• Radio frequency (RF) fundamentals
• Cloud, data center, or telecommunications technologies