Radio Unit Design Lead

About the opportunity

Join our new Radio R&D center in Yokohama

Would you like to shape the next generation of Ericsson radio products by turning complex Radio Unit designs into robust, production-ready solutions?

BNEW Radio & Transport Engineering (RTE) strives to be the most competitive Radio Network R&D unit in the industry. We work in an agile setup to develop and maintain competitive, high-quality radio products that secure future growth for our customers, across LTE, WCDMA, GSM, NR/5G and the evolution toward 6G.

The Radio Unit Design Lead will be part of the system team in the Systems & IVC department at the Japan R&D center in Yokohama, which is part of Ericsson’s global RTE organization. You will work in a highly collaborative, international environment together with colleagues in Japan and Ericsson’s global design centers.

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Radio Unit Design Lead to take overall responsibility for RU design, keeping product creation and product updates together across the lifecycle. You will combine technical leadership, design-quality ownership, cross-functional coordination, and hands-on collaboration in the design lab, helping transform ideas and requirements into integrated, verified, and production-ready radio products.

This is an opportunity to play a central role in building the Yokohama R&D center, strengthening local competence, and connecting the Japan team with Ericsson’s global radio organization.

Join our Team

What you will do

• Own Radio Unit design across product creation and updates, coordinating the activities needed to deliver a complete RU solution.
• Coordinate Trouble Report handling and follow-up at KRC/KRD level.
• Plan and secure resources and test equipment for robust design activities, including EMC and HALT testing.
• Support projects by providing resource-requirement inputs in Replir.
• Plan and review production test documentation, including 1524 and 152 12, and perform the required database updates.
• Ensure that special Supply capabilities, such as Burn-in test and Precise Repair, are ordered according to the established process between PEU HW and Supply.
• Participate in project core-team meetings and call for and drive SP meetings according to the HW Development Process (HWDP) and the Plug-In Unit Design & Integration (PUDI) subprocess.
• Write PRI and Exemption documents at RU level.
• Represent design in yield (FRAG) and claims (RRAG) meetings at KRC/KRD level.
• Own overall RU design quality and act as the guardian of design quality at HW sublevels; plan and drive robustness testing at RU level.
• Coordinate which external software databases are used in a software build for the RU.

What you will bring

• A B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or a similar discipline.
• At least five years of professional experience, including at least three years in a relevant area.
• Domain experience in Radio HW Design, electronics design, software design, and general hardware knowledge.
• Good knowledge of Radio HW and SW, with an interest in HW/SW integration work in the design lab.
• Team-leading, planning, and organizational skills, together with the ability to understand how the pieces fit together to ensure a strong overall solution.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to express yourself clearly in spoken and written English.
• Good knowledge of Git and Gerrit for database handling.
• Knowledge of the Ericsson Radio Product Portfolio is beneficial.
• Good knowledge of Ericsson documentation and numbering rules, as well as PRIM.
• Self-motivation and the drive to take an idea from paper to a final product solution. Japanese language skills are an advantage.