Senior Sub-System Design Engineer

About this Opportunity

At this time, Ericsson Canada Inc. does not provide immigration assistance/sponsorship now or in the future for this position.

At Ericsson, Radio Products Canada (RPCA) develops world-leading radio products that enable mobile networks worldwide. We are seeking a Senior Sub-System Design Engineer to join our Product Systems & Integration (PSI) organization, specifically within the Performance & Allocation team.

This role is well-suited 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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, /LTE radio access technologies, 3
  
  GPP 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…