Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist

Santa Clara, California, United States

Job description

Company and benefits

Job ID

792639

Ericsson Inc. does not sponsor U.S work authorizations for this job position including U.S. immigration filings for initial and/or change of employer paperwork for H-1s, H-1B1s, E-3s, O-1s, and TNs. Ericsson also does not hire F-1s working on CPT or EAD for this position.

This role will be sitting out of our Santa Clara, CA office and relocation support isn't available at this time.

About this opportunity

The AI Innovation & Incubation (AIII) team in Silicon Valley is a group of applied research professionals using AI and foundation models to address real-world challenges across all layers of the cellular network. The team takes ideas from early exploration through proof-of-concept (PoC), minimum viable product (MVP), and into production-ready solutions used by Ericsson's Business Areas and Market Areas globally. In this role, you will collaborate with the team to explore AI-RAN and RAN-for-AI opportunities, build and train advanced models, and contribute to work that moves from experimentation to real-world impact in telecom networks. This position is based in Silicon Valley, USA, and is suited for someone comfortable with ambiguity who thrives in a fast-moving field.

What you will do

• Design, train, and evaluate deep neural networks — including vision-language models (VLMs) and other foundation models — for telecom-relevant use cases.
• Prototype AI agents and solution pipelines using large language models (LLMs), multimodal LLMs, VLMs, and modern machine learning techniques to improve network performance and operations.
• Translate research into working code by reading leading conference papers (e.g., CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) and reproducing key ideas through experiments.
• Run experiments on cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) or on-premises GPU clusters as part of scalable training and evaluation workflows.
• Collaborate with applied researchers, engineers, and domain experts to develop PoCs into production-ready solutions.
• Stay current with the evolving AI landscape, evaluate new methods and tools, and identify opportunities to apply them to ongoing work.

The skills you bring

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, with 4+ years (MS) or 1+ year (PhD) of relevant industry experience.
• 5+ years of experience working with deep neural networks (industry and/or research).
• Strong Python programming skills and hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX.
• Demonstrated ability to read, understand, and implement methods from research papers.
• Experience with at least one cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach to working in a professional team setting.
• Publications in relevant venues (e.g., CVPR, NeurIPS, ICLR), open-source ML contributions, or experience taking projects from PoC to production are a plus.
• Familiarity with telecom, wireless networks, or RAN concepts — or a strong motivation to learn these domains — is preferred.
• Hands-on experience in 3D vision or ROS is a big plus.
• AI is becoming core to how we build and deliver at Ericsson. We're seeking talents who are ready to learn, adapt, and develop the skills needed to thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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.

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