Electrical Engineer

Load & Haul Division’s Turku plant with in Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is an industry leading global provider of loaders and trucks for underground mining industry with focus on technology development and future innovative solutions to enable sustainable operations for our customers.

We are currently looking for dynamic and innovative ELECTRICAL ENGINEER to join our R&D team. The main focus in this position is electric and battery powered vehicles. The position is permanent and located in Sandvik Turku site which is a global technology and manufacturing center for loading and hauling equipment. Partial remote work is possible in the role, however occasional travel and presence is required in our Division headquarters in Turku.

Your mission

As an Electrical Engineer, you are working with electrical systems of underground loading and hauling vehicles. Your main task is to deliver best in class electrical design in terms of safety, reliability and quality for fully electric, hybrid and diesel-powered mining vehicles. The main engineering area will be on our growing product range of fully electric (BEV) and hybrid vehicles (BHEV). You are taking part to New Product Development (NPD) as well as Current Product Engineering (CPE).

Your main responsibilities include the following:

• Circuit diagram design, voltage levels from 24V up to 1000V
• Wiring harness and electrical cabinet design in 3D
• Defining IO-list together with a control system engineer
• Electrical component selection and validation
• Ensuring to keep schedule in the own area as a member of NPD or CPE project design team
• Actively supporting prototype manufacturing and start-up
• Production support when needed

Your background

You have a suitable degree combined with work experience from electrical engineering, preferably from power electronic systems. You may be in the begin of your engineering career or have already some experiences of these tasks. Experience from E3, NX or Teamcenter design tools are assets. Also knowledge in the field of mobile working machines, battery technology, electric powertrains or charging stations are seen as a benefit.

As a person you are innovative and open-minded with good co-operation skills. Your fluent communication skills in English is mandatory requirement. Proactive and systematic way of working and excellent skills in problem solving will be needed. You can work under pressure in a multicultural stakeholder environment and you have capability to meet the challenging targets in the field of electrical engineering.

We offer you a flexible working environment, a challenging and interesting role with high impact and high visibility, in a truly international environment as well as opportunities for your professional development. We at Sandvik are sustainability-focused, have a diverse and inclusive company culture where our values are Innovation, Fair Play, Customer Focus and Passion to Win. Visit our Solid Ground stories hub, LinkedIn, Facebook or We Make the Shift - Advancing the World through Engineering to get to know us better.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact:
Mika Åback, Engineering Manager, Electrics, tel. +358 44 586 8539. Calls on Tuesday and Thursday, at 2:00–5:00 pm, EEST.

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact:

Sandvik’s HR Services, Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (8:00-4:00 pm, EEST).

Want to be part of our success story and join our R&D and Product Development team?

Submit your application and CV with your salary expectation by Sunday August 28th, 2022.

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Job ID: R0043414

About our company

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier in equipment and tools, parts, service and technical solutions for the mining and construction industries. Applications include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying.  In 2021, revenues were approximately 41,400 million SEK with about 15,600 employees within continuing operations.