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About this opportunity

Ericsson is establishing a new state-of-the-art R&D center in Yokohama focused on Radio and Software development. The center will support leading Japanese communication service providers and deliver next-generation radio products and solutions for global deployment.

We are hiring a Radio HW Digital Designer to join the team. In this role, you will contribute to the full product lifecycle of Ericsson’s future radio systems, from early-stage studies and design through product development, deployment, and field support.

You will be directly involved in the development of next-generation radio network products, contributing to system design and end-to-end performance validation.

What you will do

• Contribute to the design and development of future radio products, from prototypes to product development and field support
• Participate in early design studies and system-level architecture analysis
• Perform system modeling and high-speed link budget analysis
• Evaluate and qualify new components
• Develop and execute test scripts for IC verification
• Integrate, configure, and tune radio hardware during the design phase
• Perform system-level performance verification and validation
• Support end-to-end system performance analysis throughout product development

The skills you bring

Education

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field preferred
• Bachelor’s degree with extensive relevant experience may also be considered

Core technical skills

• 5+ years of experience in digital circuit design
• High-speed interfaces (e.g., SerDes)
• Timing analysis
• Signal integrity (SI) design
• Experience in board bring-up, debugging, and system-level root cause analysis
• Hands-on experience with schematic design and PCB layout review tools
• Cadence, Altium, or Allegro
• Strong understanding of high-speed design guidelines and SI/PI considerations
• Solid understanding of system architecture
• CPU-based systems
• FPGA applications
• Power distribution systems
• Clock design
• Knowledge of EMC, thermal design, and product compliance, including validation and certification support
• Experience with SI/PI simulation tools (nice to have)
• HyperLynx, Ansys, SiSoft, ADS, etc.
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment
• Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal source analyzers

Soft skills and additional requirements

• Strong understanding of design trade-offs (power, noise, performance)
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong problem-solving and innovative mindset
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills (engineering, system, and product teams)
• Experience working in Agile and Lean environments
• Understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Strong interest in knowledge sharing and collaboration
• Fluent in English; Japanese is a strong advantage
• Result-driven, quality-focused, and service-minded approach
• Continuous learning mindset and curiosity for radio product development