About the Opportunity
You will join Ericsson Research and lead the Device Communication Research team in Lund. The team explores future device modem and RF technologies for 5G evolution and 6G, with a focus on how devices communicate, sense, compute, and interact with future networks.
The team consists of highly skilled researchers and industrial PhD students with strong competence in device modem technologies, RF implementation, sensing, connectivity, and intelligent compute. The work combines long-term research with practical implementation, prototypes, intellectual property, standards support, and collaboration within Ericsson research programs as well as external research partners.
This is an opportunity to lead a strong and innovation-driven team that turns early ideas into technology leadership and future business value for Ericsson.
What You Will Do
As Research Manager for Device Communication Research, you will:
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of researchers, engineers, and industrial PhD students working on future device communication technologies.• Shape and drive the research agenda for device technologies across 5G evolution, 6G, sensing, IoT, XR, device compute and energy efficiency.• Turn early ideas into strong research outcomes, including intellectual property, prototypes, concept demonstrations, technical insights, and contributions to future technology directions.• Build and maintain collaborations across Ericsson Research, product organizations, academia, industrial PhD programs, and external research projects.• Balance long-term research vision with practical execution, ensuring that the team delivers high-impact results while continuing to grow its competence and innovation capacity.• Create an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment where people can contribute, learn, and develop.
The Skills You Bring
• PhD or MSc with strong research background in a relevant area such as wireless communications, device technologies, modem/RF aspects, sensing, IoT, XR, or a closely related technical field.• Experience from leading research, technology development, innovation activities, or advanced engineering work, preferably in an industrial research environment.• A genuine interest in people leadership, including coaching, developing talent, setting direction, and creating a team environment where experts collaborate effectively.• Strategic mindset with the ability to connect research topics to Ericsson's long-term technology direction, business relevance, intellectual property, and standardization trends.• Collaborative way of working and confidence in leading through influence across organizations, technical disciplines, and external partnerships.• A proven ability to drive innovation and patent creation, both through your own technical ideas and by coaching a team culture where researchers actively identify and develop innovation opportunities.• Excellent communication skills in English and the ability to make complex technical topics clear, relevant, and actionable for different audiences.
Deadline: 18.09.2026
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: 789288
Skills Required
- PhD or MSc with a strong research background in wireless communications, device technologies, modem or RF, sensing, IoT, XR, or a related technical field
- Experience leading research, technology development, innovation activities, or advanced engineering work
- Experience in an industrial research environment
- Interest in people leadership, including coaching, talent development, setting direction, and building collaborative teams
- Strategic ability to connect research topics with long-term technology direction, business relevance, intellectual property, and standardization trends
- Ability to lead through influence across organizations, technical disciplines, and external partnerships
- Proven ability to drive innovation and patent creation
- Excellent English communication skills and ability to explain complex technical topics clearly
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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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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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