Investigación y Desarrollo

System Engineer

Ready to join our electrification journey and put your system expertise to the test? If the answer is yes, keep reading, as this may be just the right position for you. This is your opportunity to join Sandvik’s smart minds, all working together to build a more sustainable future.

The position is in Sandvik’s Turku site which is the cutting-edge product development and manufacturing center for our Load and Haul equipment. Our mission is to advance the world through engineering. Do you share our mission?

In this role, you’ll dive headfirst into the electrifying world of electric and battery-powered vehicles. You’ll have the chance to work partially remotely, however occasional travel and presence is required in our division headquarters in Turku. Electrify your career - join our team as a System Engineer in our R&D team.

Your primary areas of responsibility

You will play a crucial role in defining features for control systems. Your work will directly impact the performance and functionality of our Diesel-electric and battery-powered vehicles. You’ll collaborate closely with the Software Development team and other internal stakeholders, including the electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical teams.

Your work includes the following:

• Produce detailed engineering-level control systems functional specifications. Focus primarily on Diesel-electric and battery-powered vehicles.
• Provide hands-on support during prototype development and testing.
• Maintain knowledge of machines embedded CAN based control systems as well as electric and battery related systems.

Your background

• Hold a suitable degree in an engineering discipline e.g., Automation, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
• You may have already gained more experience in your engineering career, or you are just starting out.
• Previous experience in an agile development environment.
• Familiarity with modular software development within the SW platform.
• Knowledge of electric powertrains with embedded control systems is beneficial.
• In this position you are not responsible, but you may contribute to software development, debugging and testing. Control system software is created using CoDeSys (IEC 61131-3), C++, Qt and QML programming languages, hence experience is seen as advantage.
• Motivated, hands-on attitude and keenness to work with machines and control systems.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Approach tasks proactively and systematically and solve complex problems related to control systems.
• Fluent in English and Finnish.
• Occasional travel may be required for collaboration and project-related activities.

Our culture – do we share the same mission?

Our role is clear – through every action, every day, we make the shift and advance the world through engineering. In this position you will have possibility to develop you engineering and project management skills further. We believe in an inclusive, equal, and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. In addition, we can offer you fair and rewarding benefits, as well as many different career options. Are you intrigued? Visit our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact:

Matti Joutsela, R&D Manager, System Engineering, tel. +358 400 702249. Calls on Thursday 16 May at 3-5 pm.

For further information regarding the recruitment process please contact: Sandvik’s HR Services, Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays at 9-11 or 13-15 EEST) .

Want to join our Electrics team?

Submit your application and CV with your salary expectation by Sunday 19 May, 2024. Read about Sandvik and apply at home.sandvik/careers.

Job ID: R0066389.

About our company

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2022 the Group had approximately 40,000 employees and revenues of about 112 billion SEK in about 150 countries within continuing operations.