Product Development Lead

Normet Oy; Pirkkala; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ePassi lunch benefits

Flexible wellness & culture benefits

Occupational health care

Support for degree studies (10 paid w)

HYVÄ Normet leisure committee

Job summary

Normet Oy is seeking a Product Development Lead to steer a cross-functional team spanning software, electrical, hydraulic and mechanical disciplines. You will plan workloads, coordinate with Systems Engineers, NPD Engineering and Release Management, and ensure work aligns with platform architecture for verification and release.

The role involves ownership, collaboration across engineering lines, and driving delivery within budget and schedule.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Engineering or equivalent technical education.
• 8+ years of experience in product development or engineering.
• Ability to lead and coordinate cross‑functional teams in a matrix organization.
• Multidisciplinary system development and integration (software, electrical, hydraulic, mechanical).
• Experience driving development activities, managing dependencies, and delivering to schedules.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills for collaboration without formal people management.
• Clear communication with technical experts and business stakeholders.
• Familiarity with safety‑critical product development is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, prioritization and delivery of features, subsystems and increments.
• Provide day-to-day leadership for a cross-functional team, fostering ownership and accountability.
• Collaborate with NPD Engineering to ensure correct allocation and competencies.
• Support performance development of team members with NPD Engineering.
• Ensure alignment with system architecture and technical direction; identify risks.
• Lead integration, validation and testing activities including SIL/HIL and prototypes.
• Identify and mitigate technical, resource and delivery risks with transparent status updates.
• Ensure compliance with engineering practices, QA, documentation and CI/CD processes.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Clear communication

English fluency

Structured pragmatic problem solving

Education

B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Engineering

Job description

Product Development Lead

We are a global technology company developing innovative solutions for mining, tunnelling, and construction, improving project safety, environmental impact, and productivity. We offer premium equipment, all-round aftermarket services and high-quality chemicals and rock support as our core products to our customers. We operate globally in over 30 countries with more than 1,800 experts. At Normet, we commit to a culture founded in our Values - Caring, Committed & Courageous. We foster your talent, with us you shine.

As a Product Development Lead, you will lead a cross-functional team that turns new machine capabilities into working, safe and release-ready solutions. Your team brings together software, electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical expertise, and you are responsible for planning the work, integrating the pieces and delivering the committed scope. You will work closely with Systems Engineers, NPD Engineering, Product Management, and Release Management, so that what your team builds follows the platform architecture and is ready for verification and release. You lead through ownership and collaboration: team members stay in their engineering organization, while you guide their daily work. The role is preferably based in Tampere, Finland, but other Normet locations can be considered.

Main Responsibilities and Tasks

• Lead the planning, prioritization and delivery of the team’s scope, including features, subsystems and product increments, ensuring commitments are delivered on time, within agreed effort and budget.
• Provide day-to-day leadership for a cross-functional development team, fostering ownership, accountability, and effective collaboration.
• Work closely with NPD Engineering to ensure the team has the right allocation and competencies required to achieve business and development objectives.
• Contribute to the performance and professional development of team members in cooperation with NPD Engineering.
• Drive execution in alignment with the defined system architecture and technical direction, while proactively identifying and escalating architectural impacts, risks and trade-offs.
• Lead integration, validation and testing activities, including simulation, SIL/HIL and prototype testing, ensuring readiness for verification and release.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical, resource and delivery risks, providing transparent status updates and escalation when needed.
• Ensure the team follows agreed engineering practices and quality standards, including code reviews, testing, documentation and CI/CD processes.

Required Qualifications

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Engineering or equivalent technical education.
• At least 8 years of experience in product development or engineering, ideally within mobile machinery, robotics, automotive or related industries.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate cross‑functional teams in a matrix organization.
• Solid understanding of multidisciplinary system development and integration, including software, electrical, hydraulic and/or mechanical systems.
• Experience driving development activities, managing dependencies, and delivering results according to agreed schedules and objectives.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, enabling effective collaboration without formal people management responsibility.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical experts and business stakeholders alike.
• A structured, pragmatic and hands‑on approach to problem solving.
• Familiarity with safety‑critical product development is an advantage.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Benefits

• ePassi for lunch and Flex benefits (sports, wellness, and culture).
• Occupational health care and specialist‑level treatment through our work ability insurance.
• Access to Auntie’s mental well‑being services and more.
• Support for degree‑oriented studies that benefit Normet with 10 paid working days per year.
• Active HYVÄ Normet leisure committee, which organizes various leisure and sports‑related events throughout the year.

Read more about working atNormet: https://www.normet.com/en/discover-normet/careers.

Come and share your courage to shine with us: in a courageous, committed and caring company. Together with our customers, we have courage to lead the way in sustainable underground mining and tunnelling by building the safest places underground. We shape the future of underground work through the integration of advanced automation and intelligent systems into our mobile work machines. By embracing higher levels of autonomy, we are enhancing both safety and operational efficiency in even the most demanding environments. Your expertise will contribute to the development of next‑generation smart technologies—such as real‑time data analytics, remote operation, and machine learning— that empower safer, more sustainable operations. You’ll collaborate with a forward‑thinking team dedicated to pioneering digital solutions that transform the landscape of underground mining.

For further information, please contact Olli Mylläri, VP, Technology, nr [phone] on 20 Nov between 13–14 or 26 Nov between 12–13.

We are NORMET, a passionate team of over 1,800 professionals with a global reach and a Nordic heart – on a mission to be Defining The Future Underground. Together with our customers, we have courage to lead the way in sustainable underground mining and tunnelling by building the safest places underground. We explore and deliver continuous improvement to underground construction and mining processes for increased safety, productivity and profitability. We are committed to solving the toughest challenges and to create lifetime value, while first and foremost caring for the welfare of people and the environment. Through our innovation, our own technologies and complete solutions, we are shining a light to the future of our industry. This is why we are trusted by our customers and growing fast: as the daring company who cares for every individual in our winning team, on our one and only planet.