Senior Technical Specialist

Kone México; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE is seeking an experienced senior engineer to lead global development projects and provide strategic engineering input across multiple teams. The role focuses on delivering high-demand concepts and customized solutions while considering safety, sustainability, and cost factors.

As a key engineering stakeholder, you will work with global equipment offerings, drive technical decisions, and mentor teams. A strong track record in design, coordination, and problem solving is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly demanding concepts and solutions globally.
• Take a leading global role as an engineering stakeholder in various development projects.
• May lead global development cross-functional engineering projects from several viewpoints.
• May make management decisions as substitute for management and typically can take be substitute for a manager.
• Has knowledge and understanding of KONE global equipment offering, technical design, structure and details and of the technical strengths and limitations of products.
• Analyses contracts and specifications for equipment and selects the right products for the required solution.
• Designs highly demanding customized solutions.
• Cost understanding of solutions and components.
• Takes safety aspects into account and designs environmentally sustainable solutions when possible.
• Participates in meetings and workshops and shares knowledge with colleagues.
• May play the role of Chief Design engineer for supporting Major Projects.
• Analyzes technical requirements and identifies possible solutions.
• Selects the optimal product/solution that meet the customer needs.
• Clarifies with relevant stakeholders in case of unclear requirements and decides the solution.
• Creates drawings, engineering structures or other relevant outputs for the solution.
• Understands basic cost levels of different components and utilizes cost knowledge in his/her work.
• Takes all design relevant aspects into account when making engineering designs, like: Self-checks outputs of his/her own work.
• Reports his/her work progress on a timely basis.
• Communicates deviations from the given customer specification and passes outputs of his/her work to relevant parties on time.

Job description

Responsibilities and key activities

Experience - 8 - 12 Yrs. Develop highly demanding concepts and solutions globally. Take a leading global role as an engineering stakeholder in various development projects. May lead global development cross-functional engineering projects from several viewpoints. May make management decisions as substitute for management and typically can take be substitute for a manager. Has knowledge and understanding of KONE global equipment offering, technical design, structure and details and of the technical strengths and limitations of products. Analyses contracts and specifications for equipment and selects the right products for the required solution. Designs highly demanding customized solutions. Cost understanding of solutions and components. Takes safety aspects into account and designs environmentally sustainable solutions when possible. As a member of a global engineering team, shares his/her knowledge and skills with colleagues and participates actively in meetings and workshops. May play the role of Chief Design engineer for supporting Major Projects. Analyses technical requirements and identifies possible solutions. Selects the optimal product/solution that meet the customer needs. Clarifies with relevant stakeholders in case of unclear requirements and decides the solution. Designs the solutions and/or components to meet customer specific requirements. Creates drawings, engineering structures or other relevant outputs for the solution. Understands basic cost levels of different components and solutions and utilizes cost knowledge in his/her work. Takes all design relevant aspects into account when making engineering designs, like: Self-checks outputs of his/her own work. Participates in checking of colleagues’ work outputs. Reports his/her work progress on a timely basis. Communicates deviations from the given customer specification and passes outputs of his/her work to relevant parties on time.

Performance measures

• Punctuality – service actual finish date vs planned finish date
• Response time – service duration in calendar days from opened to completed
• Productivity – service used hours vs planned hours
• Quality – First Pass Yield and Warranty Claims
• Development project specific targets

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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At KONE, our purpose is to shape the future of cities. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we move two billion people every day, making their journeys safe, convenient, and reliable with smart and sustainable People Flow. In 2025, KONE had annual sales of EUR 11.2 billion, and at the end of the year over 60,000 employees in close to 70 countries. KONE class B shares are listed in the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.