R&D Manager Baseband Platform and Tools

About this opportunity

We are looking for a passionate leader who wants to be part in our mission to provide a World Class Development Environment including a SW platform and tools for thousands of Baseband SW developers.

We at Baseband Infrastructure (BBI) provides the Software Development Kit (SDK) to all Ericsson Radio Access Baseband applications 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G. It consists of the Baseband platform products that powers the networks and the tools to program, build, analyze, test and troubleshoot the RAN Software efficiently. We are also developing and executing the continuous integration (CI) flow to enable our own developers to have a fast and reliable way to deliver and get instant feedback.

In Linköping, we are developing both tools and platform products - the compiler, based on LLVM/Clang and the build framework based on Google Bazel, and we are active contributors to both communities. The third area is the platform infrastructure for trace, where usability and performance aspects meet and often contradicts. We also have leading roles in Tools system architecture.

You will also be an important part of the BBI LT-team, to be a part of the organization’s development in all aspects.

You will be expected to take a holistic view for the completeness of BBI and build a strong network to our surrounding development organizations, stakeholders and end users.

In BBI, we strive to make SW development awesome. We do that by challenging the status quo, deploy our products continuously and focus on our customers. We believe in highly empowered and self-organized teams. Work is performed in close cooperation with our internal Ericsson customers. We emphasize teamwork, communication, continuous improvement, equal opportunity and cooperation. We adhere to Ericsson core values, respect, professionalism, and perseverance.

What you will do
Bring the reputation of being a phenomenal teammate with a lot of respect and humanness. You are a leader that would like to master SW engineering and is always eager to learn new things.
Facilitate and foster an open, tolerant and transparent culture where ideas can be grown, spread, challenged and realized. You would love to work in a highly diverse team where differences are considered strengths.
Actively listen to your personnel’s feedback and engage in conversations regarding any subject, technical as well as social. From the unified feedback and the company goals and strategies you clearly construct and inspire a vision about the direction of your part of the organization.
Build an environment that empowers and motivates people and teams through coaching, stating clear expectations, providing support and a lot of energy.
Manage delegated product responsibility in all aspects: quality, design, functionality, usability, maintainability and characteristics.


You will bring
Strong personal drive and courageous and eager to contribute where and when possible, both inside and outside your formal responsibilities
Extensive SW development experience and interest, including Agile practices and embedded SW
Strong transparent communicator
Master of Science or corresponding University studies
Recent successful track record in R&D Line Management of SW Development or leadership within Ericsson BB/BBI development
Excellent skills in English
Experience from C, C++ and/or Java development
Experience from open source development


Our sector, Baseband Infrastructure, provides a SW platform and toolset for EMCA SW (Ericsson Multi Core Architecture) development. The platform and tools developed by us are used by thousands baseband application developers (5G, LTE, WCDMA and GSM) daily and soon also in adjacent domains! We are roughly 180 in the organization, and are a part of PDU Baseband SW. BBI is present in Sweden (Kista, Linköping, Lund), Canada (Ottawa), USA (Austin), China (Beijing, Guangzhou) and a partner in Poland.

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.

What happens once you apply?
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Location for this role: Linköping, Sweden
Responsible recruiter: Suma H Venkatagiri (suma.a.haregoppa.venkatagiri@ericsson.com)


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Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we nurture it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team.
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Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || Sweden : Östergötland : Linköping
Req ID: 681400