KONE Technology and Innovation (KTI) is where the magic happens at KONE. It's where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to shape the future of the industry with new technologies and sustainable innovations.

KONE R&D brings together top talent from different disciplines into an industry-leading product and technology organization. We thrive in solving complex customer challenges, connecting legacy with the latest technologies, across hardware and software engineering. In fact, roughly half of our R&D roles are in software. Agile ways of working mean that we are better able to meet our customers’ rapidly evolving needs for speed and innovation, in a global environment.

The hardware simulations team is at the center of the elevator development, all together we take care of the backbone of all our elevator products. Our job is to create the solid designs and reliable components that are needed for high-quality elevators.

The hardware simulations team is taking care of all calculations requested by our stakeholders that are needed for our high-volume elevators. The team composition and the relevant stakeholders are global and English is the company language. The work is distributed and managed with online tools, and we use online calls and meetings for daily discussions and collaborations.

We are now looking for a

Specialist / Expert - Hardware Simulations (Thermal) to join our team in Hyvinkää, Finland.

The main area of work will develop around thermal simulations of mechanical and electrical components, the knowledge of structural calculation and how to integrate the two disciplines is seen as beneficial.

Our experience and applications we aspire to cover, is continuously developing, therefore a wide experience of different heat transfer mechanisms and how to best approach them in different solvers is considered very beneficial.

We work in a hybrid way, with a mix of office days and remote days and we are looking for an experienced professional to join us full-time.

Tasks and responsibilities

-Perform complex calculations according to stakeholders requests

-Develop/improve/create calculation procedures and processes for components thermal calculations

-Lead, teach and explain to other people the procedures and processes for ideal components thermal calculations

-Stakeholder management, discuss and align expectations and deliverable for every task

-Advise and lead stakeholders on how to approach complex calculation topics to optimize time and results

WHY join us

-A global team of experts

-Champion your skills in the organization

-Contribute to world-famous elevator quality

-Create and modify components that will be used by millions of people globally

In order to be successful in this role

-Extensive experience in thermal (and strength) calculations and relative softwares

-Experience in guiding inexperienced stakeholders through the entire calculation process

-Ideally, experience with Ansys/Altair suite / Spaceclaim / Mathcad

-Excellent communication skills, needed to collaborate and explain to others

-Excellent collaboration skills, ability to explain difficult concepts in simple words

-Excellent social skills, to adjust the technical language based on what the situation requires

-Our working environment is multicultural so fluent English language skills is a must

We offer

As KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, this is a key role to learn and a great opportunity to build the future cities through improving how people live, work and play in the cities and to help us continue innovating and making magic happen also in the future.

You will be working with highly dynamic teams significantly investing time and effort on how we develop services and solutions. You get a chance to work with and participate in further developing products that are used by billions of users in daily basis. Products that are widely recognized by their quality and innovation.

If you have any questions regarding the role, please be in touch with Marco Guglielmo Expert, Chapter Lead / HW Simulations via marco.guglielmo@kone.com

Want to join the #PeopleFlow?

If you think this could be your next inspiring challenge, please submit your application as soon as possible via our Careers-site https://careers.kone.com/en/ latest by September 28th, 2025.

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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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