We are seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and technical execution of enterprise-class wireless router platforms. This role owns end-to-end hardware design decisions across cellular, Wi-Fi, high-speed digital, power, thermal, and regulatory domains, and serves as the technical authority for complex hardware programs delivered through JDM partners.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role that drives long-term hardware platform strategy across multiple product generations, requiring deep system knowledge, strong judgment, and the ability to balance performance, cost, reliability, manufacturability, and long-term supply risk.
Key Responsibilities
- Own system-level hardware architecture from concept through production
- Lead platform decisions across 5G modems, Wi-Fi (2.4/5/6 GHz), DDR4/LPDDR memory, Ethernet, power, and thermal
- Drive and review schematic design, PCB layout, and SI/PI tradeoffs for high-speed, mixed-signal systems
- Lead bring-up, validation, and complex debug across prototypes and production hardware
- Act as the technical authority with JDM partners, ensuring design intent, quality, and execution
- Mentor senior and mid-level hardware engineers
- Partner closely with firmware, RF, mechanical design, manufacturing, sourcing, and product management teams to deliver robust products at scale
Qualifications
- 15+ years of hands-on architecture leadership and hardware design experience in embedded, networking, or wireless products
- Proven experience leading system-level architecture for complex hardware platforms
- Strong background in high-speed digital design, memory systems, power management, and thermal design
- Experience leading designs delivered through JDM partners, including hands-on ownership of factory test strategy and manufacturing scale-up from NPI through volume production and sustaining engineering
- Demonstrated ability to make and defend system-level tradeoffs across performance, cost, reliability, and lifecycle
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
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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.
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