Ericsson to hire 250 new staff in Athlone as part of expansion

The new jobs will be created over the next three years and will be focused on employing cloud native software developers, engineers and architects across a wide variety of career stages.

The Swedish company has employed staff in Athlone for over 40 years and its software development campus is one of Ireland’s largest. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Telecommunications company Ericsson is to create 250 new jobs at its research and development campus in Athlone, it announced today. 

The new jobs are to be created over the next three years and will be focused on employing cloud native software developers, engineers and architects across a wide variety of career stages.