About this Opportunity
Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions is expanding its modem engineering leadership team to deliver next-generation enterprise and industrial IoT connectivity solutions. Reporting to the Head of Modem Engineering, this role leads modem software delivery, firmware integration, platform enablement, and cellular feature development across multiple product programs.
You will lead engineers, architects, and technical leads while partnering with product management, chipset vendors, ODMs, and global engineering teams to deliver carrier-grade 5G solutions.
Leadership & Strategy
- Execute modem technology and platform strategy for enterprise and industrial IoT products.
- Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing modem engineering organization.
- Own workforce planning, hiring, contractor management, and resource allocation.
- Drive operational excellence through metrics, quality initiatives, process improvements, and automation.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and technical excellence.
- Mentor engineering leaders and support talent development and succession planning.
- Represent modem engineering in leadership reviews, planning discussions, and customer escalations.
Engineering Delivery
- Own end-to-end modem engineering delivery across new product development, feature releases, and product maintenance.
- Lead modem software, firmware integration, and platform development activities.
- Define execution plans, milestones, and resource strategies.
- Partner with Product Management on roadmap planning and feature prioritization.
- Manage technical engagements with chipset vendors, ODMs, carriers, and suppliers.
- Drive alignment across firmware, hardware, RF, platform software, cloud connectivity, and validation teams.
- Identify and mitigate technical, delivery, and resource risks.
- Expand automation, testing, and quality frameworks to improve product quality and delivery predictability.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in modem, wireless, embedded systems, telecommunications, or related domains.
- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience managing modem, wireless, or embedded software teams.
- Proven track record delivering complex modem or embedded software programs.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across firmware, hardware, validation, testing, and systems engineering.
- Strong expertise in workforce planning, hiring, resource management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience working with chipset vendors, ODMs, manufacturers, and carrier organizations.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, including managing globally distributed teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading modem engineering teams across multiple product generations.
- Expertise in automation, validation, and quality engineering practices.
- Knowledge of Linux kernel, BSP integration, embedded drivers, and platform bring-up.
- Understanding of wireless/RF technologies, carrier certification, and interoperability testing.
- Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field.
All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.
Skills Required
- 15+ years of experience in modem, wireless, embedded systems, telecommunications, or related domains.
- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience managing modem, wireless, or embedded software teams.
- Proven track record delivering complex modem or embedded software programs.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across firmware, hardware, validation, testing, and systems engineering.
- Expertise in workforce planning, hiring, resource management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience working with chipset vendors, ODMs, manufacturers, and carrier organizations.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, including managing globally distributed teams.
- Experience leading modem engineering teams across multiple product generations.
- Expertise in automation, validation, and quality engineering practices.
- Knowledge of Linux kernel, BSP integration, embedded drivers, and platform bring-up.
- Understanding of wireless/RF technologies, carrier certification, and interoperability testing.
- Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field.
What the Team is Saying
.png)
.png)
Ericsson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
-
Healthcare Strength — U.S. job postings describe multiple medical plan options (including PPO and HSA‑eligible HDHP) plus dental and vision, aligning with a comprehensive medical suite. Corporate materials also emphasize wellbeing resources and EAP support.
-
Retirement Support — Company communications and U.S. materials reference market‑competitive retirement benefits, including a 401(k) with automatic employer contributions and additional matching. Investor and benefits materials signal a structured approach to total rewards that includes long‑term savings programs.
-
Parental & Family Support — U.S. and EWS guides and postings highlight paid maternity and parental/adoption leave at full pay, alongside structured short‑term disability at full pay for defined weeks by tenure. These programs are positioned as part of a family‑friendly, work‑life‑balance offering.
Ericsson Insights
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.
Gallery
Ericsson Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Ericsson adopts a hybrid work model globally because we know balance matters. Sometimes things are better in real life. Other times we can be more productive at home. Our hybrid approach gives you the best of both worlds.
