Project Manager Board Design

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About us

Ericsson is opening a state‑of‑the‑art R&D center in Yokohama focused on Radio and Software development. This new hub will support leading Japanese CSPs, partner with local vendors and deliver Japan‑driven products and solutions that shape networks worldwide. We are establishing and growing the team and building advanced laboratory and office facilities.

As the tech firm that created the mobile world, and with more than 54,000 patents to our name, we’ve made it our business to make a mark. When joining our team at Ericsson you are empowered to learn, lead and perform at your best, shaping the future of technology. This is a place where you're welcomed as your own perfectly unique self, and celebrated for the skills, talent, and perspective you bring to the team. Are you in?

Our exciting opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager Board Design to drive the development, industrialization, and release of our radio boards. In this role, you will lead cross-functional work according to Ericsson’s hardware design process and R&D practices, ensuring that our board design delivers the required performance, quality, cost, and time-to-market.

You will act as the technical and project driver for the radio board design, working closely with hardware designers, system, integration, validation and quality assurance teams, supply, sourcing, manufacturing sites as well as technical and organizational leaders to secure mature, robust and producible board solutions.

What you will do

• Lead board design product development and release from concept to industrialized product, in line with the Ericsson hardware design process and product development frameworks.
• Own technical planning and coordination for the board, aligning design, verification, industrialization, and supply stakeholders.
• Collaborate with system, radio, mechanics, supply, and industrialization teams to secure technical proposals and implementation maturity at each status point.
• Drive industrialization and testability of the board design, ensuring that producibility, test coverage and quality are secured before release.
• Manage dependencies and interfaces towards internal stakeholders handle escalations when needed.
• Plan and follow up project scope, schedule, risks and budget for the board object, including milestone and status point preparation and follow-up.
• Coordinate needed resources and competence for the board work, together with line managers.
• Drive flow optimization, knowledge transfer and learning in the team, using retrospectives and continuous improvement.
• Secure clear and transparent communication and reporting of status, risks, and decisions to steering forums and other stakeholders.

You will bring

• At Least a master’s degree in engineering (or equivalent competence).
• Strong technical background in board/PBA or radio HW design, with good understanding of schematic and layout work, and preferably RF design.
• Good understanding of signal integrity and power integrity, and how they impact product performance and testability.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate complex technical deliveries, ideally within HWDP-based or similar product development frameworks.
• Experience in pro ject planning, risk management, and coordination, including working towards milestones and tollgates.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a “can-do” mentality and ability to act on changes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for teamwork and stakeholder management.
• Language Proficiency: business-to-professional level English required; excellent Japanese is a strong advantage.

Additional qualifications (nice to have)

• Experience from coordinative hardware development roles (e.g. Project Manager, Team Leader/Board Lead, Component Project Coordinator, Release Responsible) or similar.
• Familiarity with design for reliability and robustness concepts and related verification flows.
• Background in industrialization / NPI and collaboration with manufacturing, supply and test functions.

What we offer

• A central role in the establishment and growth of a new R&D center in Yokohama, with labs and offices designed for cutting‑edge radio development.
• Work with cutting-edge radio hardware that enables 5G and future network technologies.
• Be part of a highly skilled, collaborative team with a strong engineering culture.
• Have real impact on product performance, quality and time-to-market for our radio portfolio.
• Access continuous learning and development in both technical and project leadership areas.
• Opportunities to work on products that shape national and global digital infrastructure
• A culture that values innovation, collaboration, and speaking up — many career directions and internal mobility
• Working with people of different nationalities and cultures and building up a broad global network
• Becoming a part of a highly diverse team with varied strengths and taking part in all kinds of activities that come with this role

If you want to be part of a diverse, innovative team building world‑class radios and shaping Japan‑driven global solutions, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to help accelerate the rollout of next‑generation programmable networks and be part of Ericsson’s long‑term commitment to Japan.