System Virtual Platforms Manager

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About this opportunity:

Austin, Texas.Hybrid work schedule.

This is not a remote work opportunity

Join Ericsson's Silicon team in Austin, where we develop virtual platforms that enable software development and testing before hardware is available.

Virtual prototyping is how software shifts left. Boot and OS bring-up, driver and firmware development, and regression can run against bit-wise accurate silicon models months before first samples. This allows hardware and software to be co-developed rather than developed sequentially, so ASIC bring-up starts with software that already works.

We build and maintain the System Virtual Platform (SVP), the simulator used across Ericsson Radio and Baseband development to reduce time to market. SVP models Ericsson hardware so software teams can begin development earlier in the cycle and run regression in Continuous Integration (CI) before and after silicon arrives. It is bit-wise accurate at the hardware/software interface, runs production binaries unmodified, and is built with SystemC and TLM.

Our virtual platform team in Austin is part of Silicon Systems within the Product Engineering Unit Silicon. The Austin and Sweden engineers operate as one virtual platform team, with shared architecture, priorities, and delivery commitments.

This is a technical leadership role with several dimensions: setting the technical direction for the platform, managing the Austin team, and acting as an Operative Product Owner (OPO) for SVP alongside the other OPOs.

What you will do:

• Set the technical direction for the platform: simulator architecture, model accuracy at the software interface, execution speed, and the quality bar for models and releases.
• Lead the development and integration of SystemC and TLM models of hardware components across processor and DSP subsystems, accelerators, interconnect, memory, interfaces, and board components, including externally sourced models and co-simulation with third-party simulators.
• Own how models are proven correct, whether they are used as reference models alongside RTL or as the device under test (DUT) in UVM, and clearly identify any remaining coverage gaps.
• Maintain simulation performance as the platform grows, so CI turnaround time stays short.
• Work with the other SVP Operative Product Owners (OPOs) to manage and prioritize the product backlog, bringing technical judgment to trade-offs between IP verification, ASIC test software, baseband software, and radio software needs.
• Act as the interface between the virtual platform team and its users. Understand how software and IP teams work, translate their needs into platform content and priorities, and represent platform behavior, constraints, and delivery timelines back to them. This includes clarifying where specifications are incomplete or still evolving.
• Own the release train, delivery commitments to consuming programs, and supplier model deliveries from requirements through acceptance.
• Work closely with system, SoC, and IP architects to develop models early from their specifications and feed platform findings back into the design process.
• Run one platform with the Sweden group through shared architecture, one release train, and joint priorities.
• Build and sustain networks beyond your own organization, work closely with Swedish teams around this platform, and drive improvements in the product, ways of working, and team competence.
• Manage, recruit, and develop the Austin team, own the hiring bar, and balance support load with platform development work.

Join our Team

What you will bring:

• Several years of professional software design and development experience, with strong hands-on C++, including object-oriented design and templates.
• Hands-on experience with SystemC, TLM, and software-based modeling, or equivalent depth in a commercial virtual prototyping environment.
• Strong understanding of hardware and software interaction, and of hardware concepts such as processors, DSPs, memories, interfaces and protocols, interrupts, and GPIOs.
• Bit-accurate register-level modeling from hardware specifications, with a clear account of how those models were proven correct.
• Track record of maintaining simulation performance as platforms grow and CI turnaround needs stay short.
• Experience setting technical direction as a lead, architect, or manager, with ownership of a platform or tool that several teams depend on.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the credibility to represent a platform to the organizations that depend on it. Backlog or product ownership experience is an advantage.
• Ability to understand how consuming software organizations work, translate their needs into platform priorities, and explain platform details back in a way they can act on.
• Comfortable working towards shared goals in a fast-paced environment where information is incomplete, ambiguous, or evolving.
• Knowledge of embedded Linux and experience using Linux as a software development platform.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent education.

Additional highly preferred experience:

Virtual platform, emulation, or RTL simulation experience in a production semiconductor program; DSP toolchains or baseband and radio software stacks; frameworks such as Arm Fast Models, QEMU, Wind River Simics, or Synopsys Virtualizer; third-party model and simulator supplier management; and Python or Bash scripting, Git, JIRA, and Jenkins.

What happens once you apply?

We encourage you to apply even if you may not meet every criterion. We recognize transferable skills and support continued development. Diversity and inclusion are core to our values at Ericsson, and collaboration across different experiences drives the innovation essential to our future growth. People from all backgrounds are welcome to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

What happens once you apply?

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Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives 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.

If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at [email protected].

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.

Primary country and city: USA || Austin, Texas

Job details: Developer

Primary Recruiter: Jim Everett

Compensation and Benefits at Ericsson

At Ericsson, we know that our people are the key to our success. We offer a competitive package to help with your individual needs and goals.

Your Pay

The salary range for this position is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan: Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit’s objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply.

Your Health

Ericsson offers excellent health benefits including the choice of three medical plan options and a dental plan option that allow an employee to select the level of coverage that suits their needs. Employees will receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost that Ericsson pays toward the cost of their medical and dental premiums for themselves and eligible covered dependents.

Your Financial Security

We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. The Ericsson US 401(k) Plan offers an automatic 3% company contribution and Ericsson match $1 for every $1 you put into the 401(k) Plan on the first 3% of your eligible pay, plus 50 cents on every $1 on the next 2% of eligible pay. When you contribute at least 5% of eligible pay, you are receiving Ericsson’s full matching contributions of 4%. Matching and company automatic contributions stop when your total eligible pay for the year reaches the IRS limits. Employees will also receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost of basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage, as well as short-term and long-term disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in Ericsson’s Stock Purchase Plan.

Your Time

Your work-life balance is important to us. New employees are provided a minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually. Please note paid time off is pro-rated based on the employee’s start date. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.

Additional Benefits

Ericsson offers many other company-paid benefits such as financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, and recognition programs.