Position: Advanced Sensing & Devices Summer Intern
Number of Position(s): 3
Duration:  10 weeks
Date: June 2 to Aug 8, 2025
Location: Onsite 

The team you'll be part of 

Data & Devices Department @ Nokia Bell Labs

Nokia Bell Labs is the world-renowned research arm of Nokia, having invented many of the foundational technologies that underpin information and communications networks and all digital devices and systems. This research has produced ten Nobel Prizes, five Turing Awards, and numerous other awards. The Data & Devices Department is part of the AI Research Lab, which has a long tradition of excellence in research and currently consists of more than 80 staff members with expertise ranging from computer science to experimental condensed matter physics.

We develop the fundamental computation, communication, and sensing devices that will seamlessly integrate the physical world and human physiology into the future network of everything. We develop innovative materials, devices, and AI/ML techniques that can continuously and non-invasively interface, sense, and actuate the physical world. We emphasize individual creativity and value both fundamental research contributions and advances that could potentially expand Nokia’s human-centric product offerings.

 

Education Recommendations

Currently a candidate for a Ph.D. program in Biochemistry, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Nanotechnology, Computer Science, or a related field with an accredited school in the USA.

Depending on the specific project, it would be nice if you had experience with:

Biosensing, biomaterials, or synthetic/molecular biologyData analytics or machine learning with volumetric medical imaging (e.g., OCT, MRI, etc)Free-space and fiber-optic components, building microscopy or other advanced imaging systems, pulsed and tunable NIR lasersC++/Python/MATLAB for hardware interfacing and data processingFamiliarity with optical simulations RF front-end and antenna prototypingLow-power receiver design, wireless communication algorithms for interference cancelation, channel estimation, and synchronization. Backscatter radio, RFID, IoT systems, OFDM systems

As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on one of the following projects:

AI/ML and Biosensor Development for Wound Healing Biomonitoring. An unmet need in wound care is a non-invasive quantitative readout of healing progression that can inform treatment for optimal healing. Recently, we have applied novel OCT imaging and sensing technologies to in vivo models and have made significant progress towards automated wound healing monitoring. Interns will have the opportunity to: (1) design and test biosensors to monitor wound healing progress, or (2) develop algorithms and AI/ML approaches to extract quantitative insights from in vivo imaging data.Multi-modal OCT Hardware for Advanced Sensing. Our optical sensing research includes 3D imaging modalities like OCT and LiDAR augmented with biochemical specificity with non-linear spectroscopy. This summer project will include: 1) building optical systems using pulsed and tunable laser sources, detectors, gratings, optical/electro-optical components, and fiber optics; 2) development of a data collection and signal processing SW pipeline; and 3) building and optimizing interferometric assemblies using mechanical alignment tools.Backscatter radio for wide-area networks. We are developing cutting-edge wireless communication technologies for next-generation IoT applications. We have built testbeds for evaluating the performance of IoT device communication, localization, and multiple access in challenging environments. This internship will focus on 1) design and simulation and 2) hardware prototyping of backscatter IoT systems. The aim is to improve the efficiency and reliability of backscatter communication in the following domains: RF front-ends, receiver algorithms, and network architecture.