Head of Radio Systems & Technology

In Q3 2022, Business Area Networks announced changes to support our contribution to the company strategy of extending leadership in mobile networks. The principles behind this transformation of Business Area Networks are to strengthen end-to-end development of our market leading products, simplify the development flows and processes, empower our developer community, and ensure our sustainable long-term competitiveness by aligning technology and strategy. To accomplish this and in entering the next phase of our evolution of R&D, we are transforming the Development Unit Networks (DNEW) unit into three new engineering units.
Hardware Engineering is one of the three new Engineering Units in Business Area Networks, responsible for the end-to-end development for our Radios and Transport products, including ASIC and FPGA development, as well as optimization of integrated software development flows.
Product Engineering Unit Radio is a new unit within HW Engineering, largely based on previous PDU Radio, responsible for development, release, maintenance and quality assurance of Ericsson Radio Portfolio. Further, PEU Radio is responsible to secure technology for future platforms and products, including technology strategy, standardization & regulatory efforts and specification of components, modules and ASICs that future products will be based upon. Executing the responsibilities of PEU Radio will be done with tight collaboration within HW Engineering Unit in general and with PEU Silicon and PEU Radio Unit Software in particular.

About this opportunity

As Head of Radio System & Technology, you will be a member of the PEU Radio Leadership Team and be part of an organization instrumental for Ericsson’s overall competitiveness, technology leadership & group profitability.
You will lead a global organization and have responsibility for the overall architecture and technology evolution of the Ericsson Radio Platforms and Products, critical for both product leadership and high development efficiency. More specifically, the areas of responsibility cover technical pre-development and early system studies, architecture and modularity evolution, driving standardization, managing requirements including regulatory aspects, release management, and alignment of technologies across platforms and segments. You will also support and enable the success of both the ASIC deliverables from PEU Silicon as well as the radio product deliverables from the PEU Radio product sectors through timely technology selections and strategy alignment.
You are expected to have excellent leadership and general management skills to be able to focus on strategic and operational topics in parallel, have good customer understanding and drive your area with a thorough technical leadership, openness to change and a strong business focus. Furthermore, with dependencies to multiple other parts of Ericsson (both within and outside of PEU Radio), you will need to have a collaborative attitude with focus on solving problems and challenges and not let organizational structures be a barrier. You will also be part of creating a strong, diverse and inclusive team culture throughout the PEU Radio organization.
The position is based in Sweden.

Key responsibilities of the role

Drive Ericsson Radio technology strategy and technology roadmap evolution through the RTEP (pre-development) program and Tech Areas
Owner of the RTC (Radio Technology Council) forum responsible for architecture, modularity, and technology decisions for the radio portfolio spanning all segments
Managing requirement baseline and actively drive new global requirements, including coordination within applicable standardization fora and regulatory bodies
Systemization and requirement setting on future technology components such as ASICs, including make / buy and eco-system assessment to secure resilience of key components
Drive TK Forum and BI/CI Program within PEU Radio
Establish and develop a high performing leadership team and build a strong, diverse, and inclusive team culture throughout the Radio System & Technology organization.
Lead, engage and inspire a large and multi-site organization and secure the right capabilities and competence development across the unit both short and long term
Manage relevant supplier eco-system relationships
Be an active and forward-leaning contributor in the PEU Radio leadership team and participate in defining longer term technology strategies and product roadmaps
Be cost and TTM focused and drive efficiency initiatives throughout the development flow
Provide strategic guidance on the latest industry trends and communicate and anchor opportunities and risks within PEU Radio and Product line teams


Qualification, Skill and Leadership Requirements

Significant radio product development experience and proven leader of global large development organizations
Strong domain knowledge to have the needed credibility with our teams, customers and suppliers
Experience in developing evolving technologies, ASICs, software functionalities and Radio Platforms
Strategic and big picture thinking, with the ability to focus on delivering on your contribution to Network R&D today and into the future
Authentic, courageous, and inspiring leadership with empathy and humanness, whilst building high performing teams and growing tomorrow’s leaders
Collaborates by default, including cross organizations, and looks to work together rather than compete, also holding your teams accountable for working as one Ericsson and BNEW
Thrives on accountability, overcoming challenges with a can-do attitude and motivated to achieve beyond expectations
Fact-based and timely decisions, stepping forward to make tough decisions even when paradoxes are present, details lacking, or the stakes are high
Relevant university education


Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.