Product Safety Engineer

Business Unit Automation is the home of AutoMine ® - the world-leading solution for autonomous mining - and Newtrax – the world leader in collision avoidance and operations management solutions for underground mining – and Universal Field Robots UFR, a fast-growing Australia-based provider of autonomous interoperable solutions for the surface mining and underground mining markets.

Our hubs are located in Tampere (Finland), Montreal (Canada) and Brisbane (Australia) where we focus on developing fully automated and robotic mining technologies for mobile machinery, and safety solutions including collision avoidance system. Our overriding aim is to make mining safer and more sustainable for the future. We work closely together with our Sandvik Mining sales areas to serve our customers across the globe, striving for the highest level of service and support.

We are now looking for a self-driven and collaborative R&D Product Safety Engineer to join Business Unit Automation and support our AutoMine® product family. In this role, you will be at the heart of making our automation solutions safe, reliable and compliant. You will focus especially on functional safety and product safety, supporting both product development and customer project teams, and helping turn safety requirements, standards and regulations into practical daily work. The position is based in Tampere, Finland at our home office in Tulli Business Park located in the city center.

Your role

Will have a strong focus on functional safety and product safety in automation development projects. You will work closely with R&D teams, technical product owners and customer projects to make sure safety requirements are understood, planned and implemented in practice. Your work will include supporting risk assessments, safety concepts, functional safety activities, safety documentation, technical files and verification evidence. You will also help our teams understand how relevant safety regulations and standards apply to our products, including machinery safety regulation and future digital product requirements such as the Cyber Resilience Act. You will cooperate with our common Product Compliance organization covering product safety, cybersecurity, sustainability and compliance. This is a great opportunity to grow as a functional safety and product safety specialist while contributing to safer and more sustainable mine automation.

Your key responsibilities and qualifications

• You bring experience, or strong motivation to grow, in functional safety, product safety, automation, machinery safety or autonomous industrial equipment.
• You support R&D technical product owners and customer projects by bringing functional safety and product safety expertise into everyday development work, from risk assessments and safety concepts to documentation and verification.
• You understand, or are eager to learn, how functional safety standards, machinery safety regulations, CE marking requirements and emerging EU regulations such as the Cyber Resilience Act influence product development, testing and documentation.
• You actively follow functional safety, product safety and product compliance topics, and enjoy helping others understand what they mean in practical product development.

Your Profile

You have a relevant technical education, for example a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, and a solid technical background. You may already have experience in functional safety, product safety, automation or machinery safety, or you may be a motivated engineer who wants to develop deeper specialist expertise in these areas. Experience with mining, software-intensive products, technical documentation, CE marking, safety lifecycle activities or product compliance is considered an advantage. Knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycle practices or cybersecurity-related product regulation, such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act, is also beneficial. Most importantly, you are curious, systematic and motivated to help build automation products that are safe, compliant and ready for the future.

You enjoy working with different teams and stakeholders and can build strong professional relationships across functions. You communicate clearly in English, both verbally and in writing; Finnish and other languages are considered an advantage. You work proactively, systematically, and independently in a fast-changing business environment, and you are motivated to learn, take ownership, and get things done even within tight timeframes.

What is in it for you?

We offer you an engaging role in an international business environment, extraordinary products, great colleagues, and opportunities for professional development.

At Sandvik, we believe in finding the right balance between work, family life, and personal interests, and we actively support our employees in achieving this. We offer a hybrid office/home working environment and an open-minded culture where diversity and inclusion are part of how we work.

Contact Information

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

Olli Snellman, Head of Product Development, AutoMine®, BU Automation, tel. (on Mondays at 15:45-16:45 EEST).

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact:

Sandvik’s HR Services Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays at 9-11 and at 12-15 EEST).

Job ID: R .

About our company

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering 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, sales in more than 150 countries and revenues of about SEK 121 billion.