
Senior Sub-System Design Engineer
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About the Position
We are seeking a Senior Sub-System Design Engineer to join our Product Systems & Integration (PSI) organization, specifically within the Performance & Allocation team, at Ericsson Canada Inc. in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
About this Opportunity
At Ericsson, Radio Products Canada (RPCA) develops world-leading radio products that enable mobile networks worldwide. We are looking for an experienced systems engineer with a strong interest in product development, system design, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration. You will contribute to defining, systemizing, and realizing next-generation radio products - from early technology studies through product release and lifecycle management - working alongside hardware, software, architecture, verification, product management, and project teams located globally across Canada, Sweden, and China.
Responsibilities
- Lead Radio Sub-System Design activities across the complete product lifecycle
- Own and maintain Radio Sub-System requirements, design specifications, and technical documentation
- Perform product-level allocation of requirements, performance targets, and system capabilities across hardware and software subsystems
- Analyze system trade-offs and ensure end-to-end product performance objectives are achievable
- Participate in early-phase studies, pre-development activities, product concept evaluations, and technical assessments
- Support project execution through milestone reviews, technical forums, and design decision processes
- Collaborate with architecture, hardware, performance, verification, and integration teams to develop aligned technical solutions
- Drive issue resolution, technical risk management, and requirement clarification throughout development
- Support system baseline management, change control activities, and product release readiness
- Support hardware and software teams during implementation, integration, verification, and troubleshooting
- Provide technical leadership within cross-functional and multi-site development teams
- Champion continuous improvement of engineering processes, methods, tools, and ways of working
Requirements
Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field
- Several years of experience in product development, systems engineering, or subsystem design
- Experience translating customer, business, or system requirements into technical subsystem solutions
- Experience performing requirement allocation and system decomposition across multiple technical domains
- Ability to analyze technical trade-offs involving performance, cost, complexity, quality, and delivery timelines
- Experience working within cross-functional product development organizations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions and contribute to decisions collaboratively
- Solid understanding of RF HW design, complex telecommunications or embedded systems
Preferred
- Experience with radio products, Massive MIMO, distributed radio systems, or wireless infrastructure
- Experience with hardware/software co-design
- Understanding of performance engineering, capacity analysis, or product optimization
- Familiarity with requirements management and systems engineering tools such as DOORS NG, JIRA, Confluence, NR/LTE radio access technologies, 3GPP standards for Base Station radio TX and RX, or similar platforms
- Experience supporting design reviews, milestone governance, or product readiness activities
- Knowledge of product lifecycle processes within telecommunications product development
- Experience working in geographically distributed teams
- Experience with engineering tools MHWeb and PiWeb
Compensation and Benefits
Your Pay
The salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.
Salary Range: $101,500.00 - $133,350.00 (USD)
Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan: Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit’s objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply.
Your Health
Ericsson offers excellent health benefits including the choice of 3 medical and dental plan options that allow an employee to select the level of coverage that suits their needs. Core level coverage is paid for fully by Ericsson.
Your Financial Security
We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. Ericsson’s Group Retirement & Savings Program offers an automatic 2% company contribution into the Pension Plan. Ericsson also offers a 50% match of employee’s contribution into the Registered Retirement Savings Plan, up to 8% of the employee’s contribution (maximum of 4% match). This leads to a total company contribution potential of 6%. Employees will also receive basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage at two-times annual base pay at no cost, as well as short-term disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in Ericsson’s Stock Purchase Plan.
Your Time
Your work-life balance is important to us. New employees are provided a minimum of 18 days of accrued vacation, plus at least 3 personal days, minimum 10 holidays, 1 volunteer day, and sick days. Please note paid time off is pro-rated based on the employee’s start date. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 10 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
Additional Benefits
Ericsson offers many other company-paid benefits such as financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, wellness account, and recognition programs.
About the Company
Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives, and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives 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.
If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at [email protected].
DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.
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Over the past 140 years, Ericsson has been at the forefront of communications technology. Today, we are committed to maximizing customer value by continuously evolving our business portfolio and leading the ICT industry.We are a global leader in delivering ICT solutions. In fact, 40% of the world’s mobile traffic is carried over Ericsson networks. We have customers in over 180 countries and comprehensive industry solutions ranging from Cloud services and Mobile Broadband to Network Design and Optimization.Our services, software and infrastructure — especially in mobility, broadband and the cloud — are enabling the communications industry and other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve user experience and capture new opportunities.Ericsson has one of the industry’s strongest patent portfolios with a total count of over 39,000. R&D is at the heart of our business and approximately 23,700 employees are dedicated to our R&D activities. This commitment to R&D allows us to drive forward our vision for a Networked Society — one where everyone and everything is connected in real time — enabling new ways to collaborate, share and get informed.
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