Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Are you an experienced mechanical engineering professional who enjoys combining hands-on design work with coordination and development responsibilities? Join our team as a Senior Mechanical Engineer and play a key role in strengthening and developing our mechanical engineering capabilities within the Automation Solutions Operations QMS & Converting organization.

In this position, you will take ownership of coordinating and developing outsourced mechanical engineering activities while also contributing with your own design expertise. You will work closely with internal stakeholders across engineering, R&D, sales, service, and project organizations, ensuring high-quality mechanical design solutions that support customer needs and business growth. This role offers an excellent opportunity to apply your extensive engineering expertise in a truly international environment.

Your responsibilities

• You will coordinate and develop outsourced mechanical engineering activities, ensuring quality, efficiency, and alignment with business objectives.
• You will work closely with external engineering partners, supporting collaboration and continuous improvement of engineering processes.
• You will provide mechanical engineering support for sales activities by creating and developing technical solutions that meet customer requirements.
• You will support the R&D organization with mechanical engineering expertise throughout product and technology development activities.
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across engineering, service, sales, sourcing, and R&D to ensure successful project execution.

Expectations for you

• You have a degree in Mechanical Engineering or another relevant technical discipline.
• You have solid experience in mechanical engineering and machine design within an industrial environment.
• You have strong hands-on experience with CATIA and SolidWorks, and are comfortable creating and reviewing mechanical designs.
• You have experience working with external engineering partners, suppliers, or subcontractors.
• You have strong communication and cooperation skills and enjoy working with a wide range of stakeholders.
• You are able to communicate effectively in English and in Finnish. Additional language skills are considered an advantage.

Some travel is required in this position.

To succeed in this role

To succeed in this role, you are self-driven, systematic, and collaborative. You enjoy taking ownership and driving activities forward while maintaining a structured and quality-focused approach. You can effectively coordinate external engineering resources and build productive working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. You are motivated by solving technical challenges and applying your engineering expertise to a variety of business needs. Your ability to balance operational coordination with hands-on engineering work enables you to create value across sales, service, engineering, and R&D activities.

We offer

You will join the Automation Solutions organization and become part of an international engineering environment where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are highly valued. This position offers a unique combination of engineering development, stakeholder collaboration, and practical design work. You will have the opportunity to apply and expand your existing mechanical engineering expertise while working on a variety of challenging assignments that support our customers, service business, and product development activities. We offer a professional and supportive work environment, modern engineering tools, opportunities for continuous development, and the chance to contribute to solutions that make a real impact on our business and customers worldwide.

Want to know more?

Submit your application, including your salary request, by November 15, 2026. For additional information, please contact Tuomas Ruusu (firstname.lastname @ valmet.com).

When everything works together

Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow. At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best.