Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.
KONE’s vision is to create the Best People Flow experience by providing ease, effectiveness and experience to our customers and users. In line with our strategy, Sustainable Success with Customers, we will focus on increasing the value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. By closer collaboration with customers and partners, KONE will increase the speed of bringing new services and solutions to the market.
At KONE Technology and Innovation (KTI), we are imagining and creating the future of People Flow, combining the physical and digital worlds to make cities smarter and everyday journeys better.
We are looking for a
Test Specialist, Embedded SW
to join our embedded System Testing- team in Hyvinkää, Finland. The work is performed on-site at KONE's Reliability Laboratories in Hyvinkää, Finland where the teams work every day. Selected candidate is required to live permanently in Finland.
Our teams play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of software systems used in KONE solutions. In this role, you will be part of a collaborative testing team working closely with software developers, system experts, and other test professionals to deliver high-quality products.
This position offers an excellent opportunity for a test professional who enjoys hands-on testing, solving technical challenges, and learning new technologies in a real-world environment.
This role focuses primarily on hands-on manual system testing in our on-site laboratory environment in Hyvinkää. The position is not focused on test automation.
What you will do
- Execute and develop test plans and test cases in global testing team
- Document findings and collaborate with development teams to resolve issues
- Participate in test design and continuous improvement of testing practices
- Contribute to ensuring that delivered solutions meet quality and reliability expectations
What we are looking for
- Experience in software testing, system testing, or a related technical field. Whether you are earlier in your career or already an experienced specialist, we value the right attitude, learning mindset, and ability to contribute to the team
- Genuine interest in quality assurance and problem solving
- A practical, hands-on approach and willingness to learn
- Experience using AI tools to improve productivity, software testing, or engineering workflows
- Prompt engineering or practical experience applying generative AI in daily work
- Good communication skills in English
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Positive attitude, curiosity, and energy to drive things forward
Additional assets
The following experience is considered a plus:
- Embedded software or system-level testing
- Linux environments
- Python or other scripting/programming skills
- Test automation experience
- Electrical or electronics control systems
- Understanding of elevator, escalator, or people flow solutions
- Experience working with real hardware, devices, or integrated systems
What we offer
- A challenging and meaningful role in a global technology environment
- Opportunities to learn and grow professionally
- Collaboration with experienced experts across multiple disciplines
- Modern testing facilities and real-world systems to work with
- A supportive team culture focused on quality and continuous improvement
For additional information, please contact Chapter Lead & Test Manager, SW System Testing [email protected]
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 latest by October 31st, 2026.
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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.
Read more on https://kone.com/global/en/careers.html
Skills Required
- Experience in software testing, system testing, or a related technical field
- Genuine interest in quality assurance and problem solving
- Practical, hands-on approach and willingness to learn
- Experience using AI tools to improve productivity, software testing, or engineering workflows
- Prompt engineering or practical experience applying generative AI in daily work
- Good communication skills in English
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Positive attitude, curiosity, and energy to drive things forward
- Embedded software or system-level testing experience
- Experience with Linux environments
- Python or other scripting/programming skills
- Test automation experience
- Electrical or electronics control systems experience
- Understanding of elevator, escalator, or people flow solutions
- Experience working with real hardware, devices, or integrated systems
- Permanent residence in Finland
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
