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Lead Hardware & Edge Device Architect

KONE • Industrial Machinery • 1 day ago

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Salary

≈ $42k – $96k per year (Estimated)

Location

In office (Kunshan)

Seniority

Architect · 5+ years exp

Employment

Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026. KONE scores B on the Alion truth index.

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KONE

KONE is an elevator and escalator company headquartered in Espoo, Finland, and founded in 1910. The company manufactures, installs, modernises, and maintains elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors, with a large recurring service business attached to its installed base. It is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki exchange, remains under significant Herlin family control, and operates in more than sixty countries.

kone.com • HQ: Espoo, Finland • Industrial Machinery • 5000+ employees • Est. 1910

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Key Responsibilities

Lead Industrial IoT system and sensing product development from concept to mass production.
Define system architecture covering sensor nodes, embedded platforms, connectivity, gateways and cloud integration.
Translate market, customer and application requirements into product specifications and technical solutions
Drive system integration across hardware, firmware, communication modules and cloud platforms
Develop and integrate vibration, acoustic/noise and other industrial sensing technologies
Drive product validation activities include EVT, DVT, PVT, reliability and certification testing.
Support manufacturing transfer and product industrialization.
Act as the technical owner of the product, driving issue resolution and decision-making across cross-functional teams.
Participate directly in system integration, debugging and problem solving when needed.

Qualifications and Skills

Bachelor degree or above in Electronics, Automation, Instrumentation or related fields.
5+ years’ experience in industrial electronics, Industrial IoT or embedded system development.
Proven experience delivering products from design through mass production.
Strong system design and architecture capability.
Experience in predictive maintenance and machine condition monitoring.
Familiarity with industrial communication technologies such as RS485, Modbus or Industrial Ethernet.
Understanding of Edge Computing, Industrial Gateways and Cloud Connectivity.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Hands-on engineering mindset with the ability to work on both high-level architecture and technical details.
Strong ownership, execution and cross-functional collaboration skills
Familiar with sensor technology: vibration/accelerator/current/ voltage/voice/…

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with MEMS sensors, signal acquisition and sensor integration.
Knowledge of analog/digital circuits, MCU/MPU architectures and embedded systems.
Experience with EMC/EMI, ESD, EVT/DVT and reliability design.
Experience with embedded software dev/arch.
Experience leading cross-functional product development projects

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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