Senior Powertrain Engineer

Sandvik; Tampere; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Sandvik is seeking a Senior Powertrain Engineer for the Tampere site to lead the design and development of powertrain systems for underground drills. You will contribute to vehicle powertrain concepts, including conventional diesel, diesel-electric or fully electric solutions, and support BEV initiatives.

The role focuses on mechanical engineering within powertrain topics while offering opportunities to engage in BEV technologies and modular platform development.

Qualifications

• M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Engineering with several years of experience in powertrain design and cooling systems.
• Experience with mobile machinery design and commissioning is an advantage.
• Fluent English; Finnish language skills are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop powertrain components, modules and subsystems for underground drills.
• Support technology selection, system architecture decisions and long-term platform development.
• Validate and commission new components and functionalities with suppliers.
• Collaborate with driveline suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure cost-effective solutions.
• Occasional travel and readiness to work in underground mining environments.

Skills

Powertrain design

Thermal management

Driveline components

Team collaboration

Education

M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter Active Workspace

Job description

Do you want to work with innovative and advanced technology and collaborate with some of the largest customers in the mining business?

Our Underground Drilling Division Power Systems & BEV team is currently looking for a proactive Senior Powertrain Engineer. The role is full-time, permanent and located in Tampere (Myllypuro), Finland.

Some words about us

The Underground Drilling division within Business area Mining is an industry leading global provider of drilling equipment for underground mining and tunneling industry with focus on technology development and future innovative solutions to enable sustainable operations for our customers. Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy’s Tampere site is a global technology and manufacturing center for Underground Drilling equipment.

Your mission

As a Senior Powertrain Engineer, you are part of the engineering team, developing a variety of powertrain components, modules and subsystems for the underground drills’ product family. You act as an expert in powertrain systems, supporting technology selection, system architecture decisions and long-term platform development. You are responsible for implementing and participating in validation of new components and functionalities while applying modularity, commonality and value engineering principles throughout the product development lifecycle.

Your main areas of responsibility include vehicle powertrain systems and related thermal management solutions. The powertrain can be conventional diesel-powered, diesel-electric or fully electric. While your role is primarily focused on mechanical engineering topics within powertrain systems, it also offers opportunities to work with battery-electric vehicle (BEV) technologies and components. Depending on your experience and interests, the role can be shaped to leverage your specific expertise and strengths.

You collaborate closely with driveline component suppliers and cross-functional teams across engineering, testing, manufacturing, product support and spare parts to ensure robust and cost-effective solutions throughout the product lifecycle. You can plan and lead commissioning and validation activities in collaboration with our component suppliers.

You are willing to travel occasionally and ready to work in an underground mining environment when required.

Your background and what we find important

We are looking for a person who has a suitable technical education (M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Engineering) and several years of experience in the design and development of powertrain and cooling systems, driveline components and related subsystems. You are a team player who commits to Sandvik core values and can also work independently, proactively and with a long-term mindset. As an advantage we consider your previous experience in mobile machinery design, powertrain systems and commissioning. Experience with Siemens NX and Teamcenter Active Workspace is considered an advantage. Fluent spoken and written English is expected, and Finnish language skill is considered as an advantage.

What’s in it for you?

We offer you an interesting role with high impact and high visibility, in a truly international environment as well as opportunities for your professional development. For you this is a great opportunity for you to influence and structure our organization with new and innovative ways of working, in close collaboration with our business and our customers. In addition, we offer good employee benefits, hybrid work and inclusive corporate culture focused on sustainable development.

We believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, thereby, our customers. Sandvik has an inclusive company culture where our values are Winning together, Curiosity, Responsibility, and Customer focus.

Want to join our team?

For further information about this position, please contact the recruiting manager:

Juha-Matti Hänninen, Engineering Manager Power Systems & BEV, tel. [phone].

For more information about the recruitment process, please contact:

HR Services Finland, tel. [phone] (weekdays between 9-11 and 12-15, EET).

We look forward to hearing from you!

About us

Sandvik is a global, industrial technology 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 2025 the Group had approximately 42,000 employees and revenues of about SEK 121 billion in more than 150 countries.