The Applied R&D Engineer -Technical Specialist conducts target-oriented research to directly apply findings to the specification, design, further development, and incremental improvement of products, services, systems, tools, processes, etc. Integrates, verifies, tests, and modifies SW / HW / system components and capitalises on innovative solutions to meet particular requirements and specifications. NIFN2026• Independently works within broad guidelines and uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues.• Works with substantial discretion and uses specialist knowledge, analytical skills, judgment and broad conceptual and practical experience to solve complex problems and to contribute to process improvements.• Transfers concepts for professional direction of own organisational unit into actionable measures.• Provides working leadership and training to less experienced personnel.• May lead small projects with limited risks and resource requirements.• Analyses, designs, develops and tests products / services / improvements / bug resolutions for integrated hardware / software systems as per customers' requirements.• Resolves customer trouble tickets. Diagnoses complex problems / issues (EG hardware, software, combination) and provides resolution or recommend corrective actions. • Plans technical requirements from customers’ needs. • Develops SW / HW build-controlled productions releases (EG main and update releases, service packages, maintenance updates, and customer design engineering). • Defines product hardware / software evolutions through the creation and release of hardware / software documentation, hardware / software change control management, supplier and customer notifications. • Retains technical and design knowledge for assigned products and technologies and provides training to the lower support teams (Tier 2 and Tier 3).• Applies and maintains quality standards. Participates in process and tools evolutions and improvements.• Applies the SW Care process (especially emergency case handling) contributing when needed to the fastest problem restoration. Must Have Skills:Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent with 8+ years of Development experience in L2 & L3(L3 Fwd, Routing, MPLS, Mcast) including Ethernet, VLAN, and Carrier EthernetExperience with working in Large GPON/PON access networks (OLT/ONT) and/or Routers/Switches.Understanding of network configuration protocols like NetConf and YANGAny combination of L2 & L3 protocols => Layer 2 Forwarding, Switching, VLAN, xSTP, LLDP, IGMP, ARP, 802.1x, QoS, ERPS, CFM, LACP => Layer 3 Forwarding, v4/v6 Routing protocols OSPF/ISIS/BGP, MPLS/LDP/RSVP, MCast (IGMP, PIM, MLD)Proficient in C/C++ Proficient in RTOS (VxWorks Preferable)BCM/Marvel SDK Programming Skills will be big plus.Skilled in analysing, reproducing, and resolving complex system-level issues.