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Manager System Design 1

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Systems Engineering

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In short

We are seeking a Manager, Radio System Design to lead and grow a new R&D team in Yokohama, Japan, focusing on next-generation radio products for mobile networks (5G/6G). This role involves people leadership, technical responsibility, and shaping the R&D center's culture and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Recruit, coach, and develop engineers and technical leaders, fostering a creative, inclusive, and learning-oriented culture.
  • Lead the Radio Systemization area, including OA studies, technical coordination, requirement handling, and functional systemization.
  • Coordinate activities across hardware, firmware, software, functional systemization, integration, verification, production, and product management teams.
  • Ensure technical quality, predictable deliveries, and effective design and release activities.
  • Act as an accountable design owner or technical leader, taking ownership of decisions, dependencies, risks, and results.
  • Establish and improve development flows, design verification, test strategies, documentation, and traceability.
  • Drive continuous improvement, reuse of established solutions, knowledge sharing, and efficient ways of working.
  • Plan competence and resource build-up.
  • Represent the Yokohama team in global governance, project, supplier, and stakeholder forums.
  • Support a strong customer and business focus while ensuring compliance with relevant Ericsson processes, standards, and product requirements.

Requirements

  • A university degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science, Engineering Physics, or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Proven experience from radio product development, systems engineering, hardware/software design, integration, or a related R&D area.
  • Experience leading technical teams, cross-functional activities, or complex development work. Previous line-management experience is preferred.
  • Strong understanding of radio products and the ability to understand, support, and challenge technical issues across organizational boundaries.
  • Experience with product development processes, design quality, verification, release, and lifecycle management.
  • A structured, analytical, and results-oriented approach, combined with sound judgment when information is incomplete.
  • Strong coaching, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Excellent written and spoken English.
  • Japanese language skills and experience working in international, distributed organizations are an advantage.
  • A genuine interest in radio technology, employee development, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Desired Qualifications

  • Previous line-management experience is preferred.
  • Japanese language skills and experience working in international, distributed organizations are an advantage.

Benefits

  • Outstanding opportunity to use skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible.
  • Build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems.
  • Be challenged but not alone; join a team of diverse innovators.
  • Work in a modern office facility in Minato Mirai, Yokohama.
  • Labs built to the latest state-of-the-art standard.
#Radio R&D#System Design#Engineering#Product Development#5G#6G
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Company

Ericsson

Job Posted

2 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Yokohama, Japan

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