About this opportunity
Teach a base station to see?
A 5G radio already transmits and receives with extraordinary precision. Point that capability at the world instead of at a phone, and the network becomes a sensor: a drone over a city, a truck picked out from a car - detected by radios already standing on masts and rooftops, with no new hardware.
That is Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), and it is one of the capabilities that will define 6G. We are building it in Lund, as a product, heading for its first release. Not a research demo. Not a paper. Software that ships.
Which means the interesting decisions are still open. A radio has a fixed amount of time, spectrum and processing to spend, and it now has two jobs instead of one. Nobody has settled how it should divide them. Join in three years and you inherit that answer - the people writing it now include engineers who started here last year.
We are looking for newly graduated engineers at the start of their career to help write it.What you will do
You will work at the two points where sensing actually changes a base station: where the radio turns energy into data, and where that data is scheduled and moved - the upper physical layer, and the uplink and downlink processing chains. Sensing changes both at once, which is why one team owns both instead of handing work between specialists.
The same capability also has to hold on two very different machines: Ericsson's own many-core baseband hardware, and standard commercial servers. What is cheap on one is expensive on the other. Making a single design work on both is an open problem here, not a solved one you would be maintaining.
We will also be honest about the difficulty. Real-time C and C++ under microsecond deadlines, against 3GPP specifications, on multi-core DSPs, is unforgiving work - and it is exactly where a confident wrong answer from a language model looks identical to a correct one. So we treat working with AI as an engineering skill to be learned rather than a tool to be handed out, and the scarce part of that skill is judgment: knowing which answers to trust, which to verify, and which to throw away.
The product is new. The craft is not - this is baseband software engineering, and it looks like this:
- Take part in a study to work out what a new feature has to do, and where it fits in the system around it.
- Read the 3GPP specification behind it and turn that into something a radio can actually meet.
- Explore parts of a large C++ code base you have never seen before, and work out how they fit together.
- Design the solution, then implement it in C or C++ close to the hardware.
- Test it, improve the test environment you needed in order to test it, and hunt the bugs that only appear on real hardware.
The skills you bring
- An MSc in computer science, electrical engineering, engineering physics, wireless communication or similar.
- C or C++ close to the hardware, and enough mathematics to be unafraid of a signal.
- Something you have built because you wanted to build it, not because it was assigned.
- Comfort working where the answer is not known yet.
You do not need to be an expert in telecom - several people on these teams arrived from entirely different domains. We will teach you the standard; we cannot teach you curiosity.
Sound like your kind of problem? Apply.
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 solutions never seen before 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? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion 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. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || Lund
Req ID: 791077
Skills Required
- MSc in computer science, electrical engineering, engineering physics, wireless communication, or a similar field
- Experience with C or C++ close to the hardware
- Sufficient mathematics knowledge to work with signals
- A self-directed project or product built out of personal interest
- Comfort working in situations where the solution is not yet known
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Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day. We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale. Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient. Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical. Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term. As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
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