Senior Antenna Technology Developer M.F.D.

Overview

Senior Antenna Technology Developer in Ericsson Antenna Systems, where your strong competence will directly shape the performance and innovation of the cellular communication industry. You will influence our product technology compass, guide R&D efforts, and set industry benchmarks within our organization. This role offers a platform to apply your deep technical knowledge, collaborate across functions, and drive technological leadership. As an expert, you will mentor peers, inspire creative problem-solving, and strengthen Ericsson’s competitive edge.

What will you do

• Drive best-in-class system performance: leverage extensive expertise in radiators, signal distribution networks, filters, materials, mechanical aspects, and EM simulation tools to align technology, product, and operational strategies for innovative antenna solutions; assess maturity and cost-effectiveness of technology for product; stay on the cutting edge of industry trends and adopt relevant developments; identify disruptive innovations and explore emerging technologies to sustain leadership.
• Drive Technology Innovation: provide in-depth technical proposals for complex problems with a comprehensive system view; assess patent value and contribute to IPR strategy and portfolio; protect and share findings to sustain continuous innovation; contribute ideas to stimulate organizational creativity; participate in defining the direction of Ericsson’s R&D activities.
• Influence with Technical Expertise: impact business by guiding the entire organization, teams, and customers to realize next-generation antenna-driven solutions in the market. Act as technical lead and advisor for investigations and upper management in Ericsson.
• Drive Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration: promote learning within Ericsson and across the organization; mentor others to enable technical growth; develop personal competence; foster cross-functional collaboration; participate in or lead communities of practice and relevant external collaborations.
• Drive Technology Standardization: support standardization efforts to maintain Ericsson’s leadership and industrial influence; analyze concepts for input to standards bodies.

The Skills You Bring

Antenna Hardware for Cellular Systems

• Comprehensive and deep understanding of the network-level impact of antenna features, enabling optimal architecture ideation and concept selection.
• Extensive knowledge of market and industry requirements, Ericsson technical portfolio, and competitor solutions.
• Highest expert level of competence in antenna system architecture, holistically and as a sum of its sub-functions.
• Exhaustive knowledge of radiator solutions for a full range of applications and goals.
• Deep competence in design of the radiator’s radiating and feeding sections, as well as environment components: cavities, directors, decoupling structures.
• Top expertise in signal distribution architectures, technologies (transmission lines, materials) and component design (power dividers, couplers, phase shifters, impedance transformers, filters) to assure optimal joint performance with the antenna front end and support achieving high KPIs.
• Very high competence in material selection and design (metals, PCBs, dielectrics).
• Strong understanding of mechanical aspects enabling feasible, effective component and system materialization to the highest industry standards.

Antenna EM Modeling & Simulation Tools

• Comprehensive knowledge of EM modeling and simulation tool possibilities for optimal component development.
• Deep competence in feature selection for simulation enablement and acceleration, as well as issue solving.

Personal Skills

• Top-level qualities as a technology leader: commitment, reliability, vision, creativity, flexibility, and resilience.
• Excellent communication and influence skills.
• Confident, fact-based decision-making.
• Embrace accountability.
• Balances empathy and practical sense.
• Personifies integrity.

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you’ll have an outstanding opportunity to push the boundaries of what’s possible and 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.

What happens once you apply?

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Primary country and city: Germany (DE) || Rosenheim

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