Bell Labs has been in operation in the United States since 1925, originally as part of Western Electric, and later, AT&T.  Today, Bell Labs is part of the innovation engine for Alcatel-Lucent.

Headquarters was in New York until 1941, when the world headquarters for Bell Labs moved to Murray Hill, N.J., where it remains today.  

Our U.S. locations have been the site of seminal inventions such as the transistor, Unix, and the laser, as well as the research hub for many projects related to electronic switching, data communications, and optical transmission. Radio astronomy was born at Bell Labs in the early 1930s and the Horn Antenna, the device used in Nobel prize-winning work that recorded cosmic background radiation from the Big Bang is a national historical landmark at one of our New Jersey facilities.

Bell Labs researchers work in several locations across the United States, including: 

• Murray Hill, New Jersey
• Holmdel (Crawford Hill), New Jersey

Alcatel-Lucent
Bell Labs
600 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, N.J.
07974-0636

Phone: +1-908-582-8500

In the United States, Bell Labs focuses its research efforts across several Research Centers, including:

• Convergence, Software and Computer Science: Developing innovative technologies and systems for Alcatel-Lucent's switching products and the services they enable.
• Enabling Physical Technologies: Performing world-class research in support of communication technologies, in particular its physical, materials and device foundations. 
• Government Research: Engineering, deploying, monitoring and maintaining complex communications networks for the government worldwide. 
• Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences: Continues a long and distinguished history of combining fundamental contributions to the disciplines (mathematics, statistics, computer science, electrical engineering and operations research) with creating multidisciplinary solutions for Alcatel-Lucent’s mobility, optical, access, services and supply chain businesses. 
• Network Performance, Planning and Economic Analysis: Delivering advanced methods and tools for network planning and design, as well as financial optimization of networks. Also strategically influencing the development of global industry standards, leveraging intellectual property, and improving network reliability.
• Networking and Network Management: Researching the underlying technologies for next-generation global information infrastructure, focusing in areas such as protocols, routers, control, signaling, software and hardware, for both wireless and wireline networks, network management, and networking platforms. 
• Optical Transport Networks: Continually innovating for optical transport networks in areas such as creating experimental test beds and demonstrating the viability of flexible, low cost high-capacity optical networks for the future. 
• Security Solutions: Innovating world-class, secure products and solutions in areas such as cryptography, computer science, and networking that address the security vulnerabilities in next-generation IP (internet protocol) networks. 
• Wireless and Broadband Access Networks: Developing technology for access networks that serve residential and business customers based on emerging wireline and wireless broadband technology.  Areas of focus include video access systems, wireless access systems, wireless communications theory, and wireless/wireline services and applications.  

The Bell Labs team in the United States comprises a wide range of individuals – summer interns work alongside Nobel prize winners, mathematicians support optical product developers, and Ph.Ds seek advice from MBAs. One thing we all have in common, however, is a passion for innovation and the drive to solve the real-world challenges Alcatel-Lucent and its customers face.

As a researcher, developer post-doc, intern or staff member at one of our global locations, you could be part of defining the future of communications.

We’re always on the lookout for great talent in the following areas that include, but are not limited to:

• Electrical Engineering
• Physics
• Computer Science
• Mathematics

Please visit Alcatel-Lucent’s Careers page to search for current openings in Bell Labs at one of our locations in the United States or explore positions in other areas of Alcatel-Lucent’s business.