Research & Development

Test Architect

Business Unit Automation is the home of AutoMine® - the world-leading solution for autonomous mining - and Newtrax – the world leader in collision avoidance and operations management solutions for underground mining – and Universal Field Robots UFR, a fast-growing Australia-based provider of autonomous interoperable solutions for the surface mining and underground mining markets.

Our hubs are located in Tampere (Finland), Montreal (Canada) and Brisbane (Australia) where we focus on developing fully automated and robotic mining technologies for mobile machinery, and safety solutions up to collision avoidance system (CAS) Level 9 solutions and operations management. Our overriding aim is to make mining safer and more sustainable for the future. We work closely together with our Sandvik Mining sales areas to serve our customers across the globe, striving for the highest level of service and support.

We are now looking for an experienced, systematic, and forward‑thinking Test Architect to strengthen our Testing and Quality Assurance organization and support our journey toward world‑leading mining automation solutions. The position reports to the Manager, Testing and Quality Assurance, AutoMine® and is based in Tampere, Finland, at our home office in Tulli Business Park located in the city center.

Your role

In this role, you are a technical leader who shapes how testing is done today and how it must evolve to meet future product, technology, and business demands. You combine deep technical expertise with architectural thinking to enable scalable, automated, and simulation‑driven testing across complex systems, while maintaining an active interest in how AI and data‑driven techniques can support smarter test design, execution, and analysis.

You translate a shared future vision into concrete technical actions and measurable progress. You are not only defining where our testing capabilities need to go, but actively driving alignment, prioritization, and execution across teams to ensure that vision becomes reality and product quality is influenced from the earliest stages of development.

Your Key Responsibilities

Drive the testing technical roadmap, ensuring our testing capabilities, tools, and architectures evolve in line with upcoming project needs and future technologies
Develop and evolve simulators used for functional, integration, and system‑level testing, enabling earlier validation and reduced dependency on physical machines
Design and maintain test environments, including hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL), software‑in‑the‑loop (SIL), and test automation infrastructure that supports scalable and reliable testing.
Drive the shaping of requirements during early project planning, ensuring they are testable, cyber‑security aligned, and ready for efficient test automation
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to testing engineers, supporting complex issue analysis and raising overall technical competence within the team.

Your background and what we find important

You have relevant technical education (e.g., Master of Science) and solid experience working in complex system development environments. You bring a strong technical understanding of testing, test automation, and system architectures, ideally within automation, mobile equipment, or embedded systems development.

You are comfortable working hands‑on when needed, while also thinking long‑term and architecturally. You have a structured and systematic way of working, and you can clearly specify, plan, and document technical solutions.

You collaborate naturally with multiple stakeholders and are able to influence technical decisions across organizational boundaries. You communicate effectively at all levels and have good verbal and written skills in English. Experience in an international business environment is considered an advantage. You have willingness to travel internationally.

What we offer to you?

We offer an interesting and challenging role surrounded by a dynamic and highly skilled group of professionals, as well as opportunities for career development within a global company with strong brands and products. Sandvik also provides opportunities for professional development through various Sandvik training and development programs. Additionally, we offer good employee benefits, and inclusive corporate culture focused on sustainable development, with values such as Winning together, Curiosity, Responsibility, and Customer focus.

Contact Information

For further information about this position, please contact:

Carlos Soares, Manager, AutoMine® Testing and Quality Assurance, BU Automation

tel. +358 40 358 0454 (on Mondays in between 16:00 - 16:45).

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays at 9-11 and 12-15 EEST).

Want to join our team?

Submit your application at home.sandvik/careers by Sunday March 15th, 2026.

Click apply and attach your cover letter including your salary expectation and CV in English. When applying, please make sure to also attach your cover letter when asked to upload your CV. Please note that we don’t accept applications by email. We will begin reviewing applications during the application period.

Job ID: R0088456

About us

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. Our offerings cover the entire customer value chain and are based on extensive investments in research and development, customer insights and deep knowledge of industrial processes and digital solutions. In 2025, the group had approximately 41,000 employees, sales in more than 150 countries and revenues of about SEK 121 billion.

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