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About this opportunity:
The Engineering Design Director is a skilled leader with extensive RAN engineering and network operations expertise. This role involves directing Engineering Design activities, including generating Radio Frequency design (prediction, RFDS, CIQ) and transport design from customer inputs and Digital Twin data. Responsibilities include ensuring high-quality work and adherence to engineering standards, managing outcomes as reflected in customer scorecards, and maintaining strategic relationships with customers, vendors, and stakeholders within MANA. The position requires overseeing all RAN design-related engineering and operational activities within MANA, ensuring alignment with company objectives and industry standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in RAN engineering, strategic planning, and team leadership.
What you will do:
- Operational Leadership, Direct and manage all engineering operational activities within the regions, including network operations, service delivery, and offshore teams, ensuring that they are executed effectively and within the cost structure outlined in the business case.
- Responsible for leading a team of engineers during RF planning and Design services for all customers in US, Canada and LATAM for small cells and macro solutions.
- Responsible for leading a team of transport engineers during transport design (IP, Microwave and Optical) and deployment for all customers in US, Canada and LATAM.
- Make decisions on design tool utilization and associated costs (MapInfo, Google Earth, ATOLL, and ESDT)
- Attending and hosting meetings regarding design changes and upgrades.
- Supports engineers in project creation and task completion to support the network project build plan.
- Assist business development manager with market penetration strategies and provide support for proposals & technical presentations to prospective customers. Lead senior level direct reports in performing the product management/business development area to senior level direct reports.
- Supporting department cost center financial targets, maintaining group and individual utilization/billability targets, and leading all aspects of project execution and account interface responsibilities assigned to the group.
- Presenting and deploying company policies, directives, and strategies applicable to the Engineering group
- Participate in employee development planning and competence build up based on market direction and technology changes resources dimensioning and resource planning.
- Having an "automation first" mindset in all our solutions and seek out opportunities for using new technologies to improve our solutions such as cloud native and infrastructure as code to drive innovation that enables us to make our solutions secure and minimize impact.
- Create a strong collaborative team environment that focuses on safety and career development of employees.
The skills you bring:
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, IT or other science disciplines.
- At least 8 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.
- Good understanding of Business, Operations, Finance, and Processes.
- Proven track record in achieving business targets.
- Technical competence in Engineering disciplines including network dimensioning, link-budget analysis, propagation analysis, frequency & capacity management, drive testing data analysis, network optimization, network quality auditing, network acceptance.
- Understanding of transport concepts and knowledge in Ericsson IP, Microwave and Optical solutions.
- A solid understanding of the Telecom Product and Services environment and future trends.
- Excellent leadership skills; driven by business excellence.
- Extensive experience in large-scale RAN Engineering projects.
- Expertise in simple, human-friendly process flows.
- Well-developed understanding of Construction Site Configurations, RFDS, CIQ, and BOM deliverables.
- Strong leadership capabilities with the ability to motivate, develop, and inspire high-performing teams.
- Collaboration involves working with RF engineers, Site Acquisition vendors and Construction Team.
- Proven track record of building strong customers, vendor, and Off-shore collaboration toward common goals.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or another science discipline
- At least 8 years of experience in the telecommunications industry
- Understanding of business, operations, finance, and processes
- Proven track record of achieving business targets
- Technical competence in network dimensioning, link-budget analysis, propagation analysis, frequency and capacity management, drive testing data analysis, network optimization, network quality auditing, and network acceptance
- Understanding of transport concepts and Ericsson IP, microwave, and optical solutions
- Understanding of the telecom product and services environment and future trends
- Excellent leadership skills and a commitment to business excellence
- Extensive experience in large-scale RAN engineering projects
- Experience developing simple, human-friendly process flows
- Understanding of construction site configurations, RFDS, CIQ, and BOM deliverables
- Ability to motivate, develop, and inspire high-performing teams
- Ability to collaborate with RF engineers, site acquisition vendors, and construction teams
- Proven ability to build strong customer, vendor, and offshore collaboration
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Ericsson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage options are described as broad, with multiple medical plan choices (often three) plus dental and mental health resources. U.S. materials also reference PPO and HDHP options, and some teams contribute to HSAs.
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Retirement Support — U.S. postings outline a 401(k) with an automatic 3% company contribution plus matching that reaches 4% when employees contribute 5%. This combination is repeatedly listed in role postings and characterized as strong for the sector.
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Parental & Family Support — U.S. job descriptions frequently cite up to 16 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid parental/adoption leave at 100% pay. These benefits are positioned as exceeding many U.S. corporate policies.
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