About this opportunity:
Join Ericsson's intellectual property team in Linköping, Sweden, supporting research and development in mobile communications related to 6G standardization. You will work with engineers, patent professionals and paralegals across different countries, cultures and backgrounds.
The team supports inventors and helps protect innovative technology, particularly in the area of mobile radio communications in 6G standardization. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with technical experts and contribute to decisions that create value from Ericsson's inventions and patents. The team members are based both in Linköping and Stockholm.
What you will do:
- Support research and development projects by identifying, evaluating and developing inventions.
- Prepare and manage patent applications through drafting, filing, examination and grant in cooperation with colleagues, inventors and patent offices worldwide.
- Make value-based decisions about patent filing and prosecution.
- Draft and review patent claims and compare them with relevant technologies.
- Coordinate patent matters across different countries and stages of the patent process.
- Work with engineers and other intellectual property professionals to understand complex technical solutions.
- Depending on your experience and interests, contribute to patent portfolio management, disputes, licensing or other strategic projects.
- Exchange knowledge with colleagues and manage multiple tasks independently.
The skills you bring:
- A master degree in engineering, physics, computer science or a related field that provides a strong technical foundation.
- Experience with patents, such as through European patent attorney training or qualification, patent examination, patent engineering or patent portfolio management.
- Experience in telecommunications is beneficial.
- Knowledge of mobile communications, radio technology and/or 3GPP standardization work is an advantage, but it can be developed in the role.
- The ability to understand complex technical information and communicate it clearly.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage varied tasks independently.
- A collaborative approach and an interest in learning from and sharing knowledge with colleagues.
- Experience with AI-supported patent drafting is an advantage
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Skills Required
- Master’s degree in engineering, physics, computer science, or a related technical field
- Experience with patents through European patent attorney training or qualification, patent examination, patent engineering, or patent portfolio management
- Ability to understand complex technical information and communicate it clearly
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage varied tasks independently
- Collaborative approach and interest in learning from and sharing knowledge
- Experience in telecommunications
- Knowledge of mobile communications, radio technology, or 3GPP standardization
- Experience with AI-supported patent drafting
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What We Do
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.
Why Work With Us
Ericsson is a place for people who want to work on technology that powers everyday life. You’ll contribute to large-scale systems used every day, tackle complex challenges in live environments, and keep developing your skills and career in your own vision.
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