Line Manager ASIC IP

Ericsson; Lunds kommun; On-site; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson is seeking a Line Manager for the Silicon Network IP Development section in Lund. You will coach and develop teams, align with business priorities, and secure long-term capabilities while collaborating with global R&D to meet current and future needs.

You will drive workforce planning, manage budgets, and lead capability investments to deliver high-quality silicon networking solutions across sites and domains.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience with a genuine passion for developing people and teams.
• Experience in R&D organizations with networking, Ethernet, digital hardware, ASIC/FPGA/SoC knowledge a plus.
• Strong understanding of product development processes and agile ways of working.
• Experience in workforce planning, competence development, and resource management.
• Experience managing budgets and driving organizational performance.

Responsibilities

• Drive competence development and long-term workforce planning.
• Build an engaging, inclusive, high-performing work environment.
• Enable development and delivery of silicon networking solutions for Ericsson products.
• Collaborate with architects and technical leaders to evolve future solutions.
• Ensure adherence to development processes, practices, and quality standards across the IP lifecycle.
• Support development activities from concepts to deployment and maintenance.
• Foster collaboration across sites, organizations, and technology domains.
• Partner with peer line managers on staffing and capability investments.
• Manage budget and long-term organizational growth.
• Contribute to technology strategy and future evolution in Silicon development.

Skills

Leadership

People development

Strategic thinking

Analytical thinking

Agile methods

Budget management

Workforce planning

Job description

About The Opportunity

We are recruiting a Line Manager for the Silicon Network IP Development section in Lund, reporting to the Head of Networks & Compute Acceleration Engineering.

The team is a key contributor to Ericsson's Radio and RAN Compute product development, driving the development of connectivity and digital hardware solutions that enable next-generation products and services. The team's expertise spans micro-architecture, design, implementation, verification, debug, and integration of advanced communication technologies and plays an important role in shaping the future evolution of Ericsson's networking solutions.

As leader of the Lund team, you are expected to coach, mentor, challenge, and develop individuals and cross-functional teams while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous learning, continuous improvement, and a strong sense of belonging. You will define and execute team strategies aligned with business priorities, secure the long-term development of critical competencies, and create an environment where people can grow, perform, and thrive.

You will work closely with architects, technical leaders, project organizations, and stakeholders across Ericsson's global R&D organization. A key part of the role is establishing strong collaboration with peer line managers and engineering teams across sites to drive successful execution, strengthen engineering excellence, and ensure the organization has the capabilities required to meet current and future business needs.

What You Will Do

• Drive competence development and long-term workforce planning.
• Build an engaging, inclusive, and high-performing work environment that promotes collaboration, continuous learning, and a strong sense of belonging.
• Enable development and delivery of silicon networking solutions for Ericsson's Radio and RAN Compute products.
• Collaborate with architects and technical leaders to define and evolve future solutions.
• Ensure teams understand and follow established development processes, engineering practices, and quality standards throughout the complete IP lifecycle.
• Support development activities throughout the product lifecycle, from early concepts and architecture to deployment and maintenance when required.
• Enable strong collaboration across development sites, organizations, and technology domains.
• Work closely with peer line managers across sites to support staffing, competence development, and successful execution.
• Be accountable for workforce planning, budget management, and capability investments to support successful delivery and long-term organizational growth.
• Contribute to technology strategy, capability planning, and future evolution across Silicon development.

To be successful in the role you must have

• Proven leadership experience with a genuine passion for developing people, teams, and organizational capabilities.
• Experience from R&D organizations. Experience in networking, Ethernet, digital hardware, ASIC, FPGA, SoC, or related technologies is considered a strong advantage.
• Strong understanding of product development processes, engineering excellence, and agile ways of working.
• Experience in workforce planning, competence development, and resource management.
• Experience managing budgets, balancing business priorities, and driving organizational performance.
• A strategic mindset combined with the ability to drive execution and deliver results in a complex environment.
• An analytical, structured, and solution-oriented approach.
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to lead change and transformation.

Leadership at Ericsson

The role is guided by three leadership principles:

• Create clarity – Align people and teams around priorities, direction, expectations and decisions.
• Develop people – Coach, challenge and support employees, while building future competencies and leaders.
• Deliver results – Translate strategy into execution and take accountability for quality, performance and business outcomes.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive 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.

Primary country and city: Sweden ; Lund