Systems Manager – Early Career, Innovate Track

Ericsson; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 520,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson in Gothenburg offers an 18-month Early Career Program for recent graduates or those with up to five years of experience. You will start as System Manager in Business Area Core Network, rotating across Research, Product Development, Data, and AI, with an international assignment and market exposure.

You will tackle 5G Core and 6G evolution, work at the intersection of technology and business, and contribute to standardization, product realization and customer value.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or related technical field.
• Strong technical competence and quick learning ability.
• Curiosity about telecom, cloud-native systems, AI, networking and evolution to 6G.
• Collaborative and creative mindset with energy to explore ideas.

Responsibilities

• Participate in system studies on 5GC/6G evolution, new capabilities and emerging use cases.
• Analyse technology trends, research, customer needs and business priorities, and help turn them into requirements, architecture options and recommendations.
• Contribute to 3GPP-related reviews, technical discussions and standardization activities, especially in areas relevant to Packet Core and end-to-end network evolution.
• Explore end-to-end scenarios such as mobility, interworking, enterprise and IoT, network slicing, edge, roaming, QoS and resilience.
• Assess impacts on interfaces, performance, operations, security, lifecycle, migration and customer value.
• Work with architects, product management, development, research, standardization and customer-facing teams across Ericsson.
• Help connect standardization and innovation to product realization, verification, deployment and customer impact.
• Participate in root-cause analyses and learn from complex technical cases.
• Use AI-assisted methods responsibly for technology exploration, standards analysis, requirements and technical material—always validating results and protecting confidential information.
• Bring your own ideas to innovation workshops and contribute to idea incubation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Technical competence

Cloud-native systems

Team collaboration

English communication

Education

Master’s or PhD in CS/EE/Math

Tools

Kubernetes

CNFs

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Job description

Ericsson in Gothenburg offers an 18-month Early Career Program for recent graduates or those with up to five years of experience. You will start as System Manager in Business Area Core Network, rotating across Research, Product Development, Data, and AI, with an international assignment and market exposure.

You will tackle 5G Core and 6G evolution, work at the intersection of technology and business, and contribute to standardization, product realization and customer value.