Solution Architect RAN Design

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We are looking for a Senior Solution Architect - RAN Design to drive the technical design definition of Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions for strategic customer opportunities and programmes. In this role, you will be responsible for translating customer needs, business requirements, and portfolio capabilities into end-to-end RAN solution designs that are competitive, scalable, and deliverable.
You will work in a highly collaborative and cross-functional environment, partnering with sales, account teams, domain architects, product management, delivery organisations, and customer stakeholders. The role requires strong technical leadership, customer engagement, and commercial awareness to ensure the proposed solution is aligned with both customer expectations and business objectives.
This is an opportunity to shape complex RAN solution designs across network evolution, expansion, modernisation, and transformation initiatives in one of the most dynamic areas of the telecom industry.
What you will do

• Lead the end-to-end RAN design for customer opportunities, bids, and transformation programmes and contribute into the solutioning process.
• Analyse customer requirements and translate them into robust technical solution designs, architecture artefacts, and design deliverables.
• Define solution design alternatives, assumptions, dependencies, and trade-offs across performance, cost, rollout complexity, and operational impact.
• Act as the senior technical authority for RAN design within assigned opportunities and support technical governance throughout the lifecycle.
• Develop high-level and detailed solution designs (HLD/LLD) covering radio architecture, hardware choices, site solutions, design principles, integration aspects, deployment considerations and E2E impact.

• • Produce Detailed Designs for RAN Hardware, including Radio node configurations (eg. Hardware BOM, equipment layouts and connectivity diagrams for baseband/radio/antenna sub-system)
  • Produce Detailed Designs for RAN Software & Features, including detailed mobility and parameter design
  • Produce Radio coverage design for special indoor / outdoor systems (eg Enterprise designs)
  • Support the New Product Introduction, including requirements for lab test and FSI (First Site Integration) into the customer network
  • Produce Ericsson specific solution designs, design documentation, supporting documents (design guidelines, planning guidelines, gating guidelines etc)
  • Support internal delivery processes such as HW/SW?HW Licenses ordering

• Ensure the proposed solution design is aligned with the company portfolio, approved design rules, standard processes, and customer-specific requirements.

• Work closely with sales and commercial teams to support bid strategy, technical positioning, compliance responses, scope definition, and cost-effective solution development as well as support various presales activities such as RFI, RFP, change requests and customer offer preparation.

• Engage with customer technical teams to present solution proposals, lead workshops, resolve clarifications, and build confidence in the proposed design.
• Collaborate with other domains such as transport, core, cloud, OSS, security, and services to ensure end-to-end solution design alignment.
• Support handover into delivery by ensuring the solution design is clear, governed, and ready for execution with minimal ambiguity and reduced downstream risk.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of solution design methods, design templates, reusable assets, and governance practices.
• Mentor less experienced architects and engineers and contribute to technical capability building within the organisation.
• The role requires occasional traveling within UKI to customer sites, Ericsson sites and partner sites

The skills you bring

• Strong expertise in RAN architecture and design, with practical experience across 4G and 5G solutions.
• Strong understanding of radio network evolution, capacity and coverage principles, hardware configurations, site solutions and deployment constraints.
  • Hands on knowledge of products and technology in one or more of the following product areas:-
    • Expert level knowledge of Ericsson Radio System products (ERS)
    • Expert level proficiency in Ericsson RAN Software & Features
    • Expert level knowledge of 5G & LTE
    • Expert level understanding of 2G,3G,4G & 5G Air interface standards, protocols and propagation characteristics
    • Expert level knowledge of macro/small cell/indoor coverage design concepts and planning tools such as Planet, IBWave, Ericsson Indoor Planner

• Ability to define end-to-end technical solutions in a complex multi-domain environment.
• Experience in customer-facing technical discussions, workshops, and governance forums.
• Strong knowledge of telecom solutioning in a large vendor, operator, or system integration environment.

• • Experience of RAN Swap and RAN refresh projects
  • Familiarity with Site Engineering, Installation Engineering knowledge is beneficial
  • Experience of new product introduction, lab testing and field trial

• Ability to balance technical, commercial, and delivery considerations in solution design.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex topics clearly to different audiences.
• Strong problem-solving capability and a structured approach to risk identification and resolution.
• Strong stakeholder management and experience working in complex matrix organisations across multiple stakeholders, functions, and geographies both internally and externally.
• High level of accountability, collaboration, and business understanding.
• UK Driving license

To be successful in the role you must have

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field or the equivalent theoretical background acquired through experience and/or in any other way
• Technical certification (such as ETCP, external certification etc. ) in relevant Portfolio Competence

• Extensive experience in telecoms, with significant exposure to RAN solution design, architecture, or engineering.
• Proven experience in a senior technical role within a large telecom vendor or equivalent environment.
• Strong knowledge of 4G/LTE and 5G RAN technologies, deployment models, and network transformation programmes.
• Experience supporting large bids, customer opportunities, or strategic programmes with technical solution leadership.
• Experience producing architecture documentation, design deliverables, technical assumptions, and risk assessments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience interacting with both internal and customer senior technical teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while leading collaboration across multiple functions.

It would be nice if you also have

• Experience with Open RAN, cloud RAN, or virtualised network architectures.
• Experience in private networks, enterprise solutions, or indoor/small cell environments.
• Familiarity with services delivery, rollout, or operational acceptance processes.
• Knowledge of telecom security and regulatory requirements relevant to RAN solution design.
• Understanding of commercial models, bid processes, and solution costing inputs.

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Primary country and city: United Kingdom (GB) || Reading
Job details: Solution Architect
Job Stage: Job Stage 7
Primary Recruiter: Sarah Naylor-Scott
Hiring Manager: Bradley McDonald