Swedish telecom giant Ericsson is planning to hire 250 highly-skilled jobs at its Irish research and centre in Athlone over the next three years.
The roles are to be added over the next three years at its research and development campus in the town.
The new jobs will be in the area of development of new cloud-based products for 5G technology.
The new roles include opportunities for software developers, data scientists, architects, cloud and mobile communication engineers at all career stages, the company said.
Ericsson said the announcement would underscore the Athlone office’s global reputation as a world-class R&D software development centre.
The IDA, which supported the investment, said it demonstrated Ericsson’s continued commitment to Ireland.
The company, which has had a presence in Ireland since 1957,It has been operating in Athlone since 1979 and currently employs 1,200 people there, as well as 200 more in Dublin.
Over the past five years the company’s presence in Ireland has grown by 25% as a result of ongoing investments.