Automation Engineer (Energy storages)

The Tampere-based startup Polar Night Energy, innovator of the world-renowned Sand Battery, is now looking for an Automation Engineer to join the R&D team in Tampere and contribute to building a more sustainable future. The role is permanent and we hope you can start working as soon as possible.

Key responsibilities

As an Automation Engineer, you will lead the planning and development of automation systems across Polar Night Energy’s products. In this role, you will act as a trusted owner of the company's automation processes, ensuring their efficiency and reliability. You will play a key role in designing and further developing the automation solutions and overseeing their seamless integration into Polar Night Energy’s operational processes. More specifically, your diverse tasks will include:

• Designing, specifying, and developing automation systems for Polar Night Energy’s projects, focusing on both electricity and heat production processes.
• Collaborating with external automation and electrical suppliers to ensure smooth implementation and maintenance.
• Leading the planning, development, and testing phases for new pilot equipment automation systems
• Developing operational guidelines and optimizing automation systems for efficiency and safety
• Monitoring working systems and developing means to improve automation-related parts

What makes you a great fit?

In this position, you work in close cooperation with both internal and external stakeholders, so we expect good interaction and teamwork skills. You have already gained experience from industrial automation projects and you have an understanding of control logic design. Your ability to take initiative and manage projects, coupled with excellent problem-solving skills, makes you a valuable addition to our team. Most of all, we wish for enthusiasm in learning new things, taking initiative, and a genuine desire to build a more sustainable future together with the Polar Night Energy team.

We hope you have:

• A degree in automation, electrical engineering, or a related field (Bachelor’s or Master’s)
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in industrial automation or related projects
• Knowledge of automation logic design, and system integration
• Familiarity with programming and automation logic systems like Siemens, Omron, or Honeywell
• Self-driven attitude and ability to independently manage and prioritize your work
• Proficiency in English; Finnish is seen as a plus

We consider as an asset:

• Experience with data analysis and optimization in automation systems.
• Understanding of electrical diagrams and basic electrical design principles.
• Experience in commissioning, maintaining, or installing automation systems

What Polar Night Energy offers you:

• The opportunity to build a more sustainable tomorrow with the help of new and promising technology together with a work community full of experts sharing the same mission
• The opportunity to make your own handprint visible: the company is still small and in its early stages, you can influence not only your own role and the product but also the growth, processes and working methods of the entire company
• Flexibility and freedom to plan your own work. While we expect to see you at Tampere office at least once a week, you are free to use the office space or home office according to your preferences
• A work environment where employees' well-being is the number one priority - at Polar Night Energy, the employees' work week is 30 hours
• Employee benefits, such as culture, sports and lunch benefits, and the possibility of an employee bicycle
• Salary ranges between 3500-4500 €/month and will be negotiated individually according to your skills and experience

Do you want to join the mission of building a more sustainable future?

If so, please submit your CV and motivation letter in PDF-format by the latest 14th of January via our application system. Please also mention your salary request and the earliest possible starting date in your application documents. We are actively reviewing applications throughout the application period and processing them in the order they are received. Remember to use the application system, we do not accept applications by email.

You can read more about Polar Night Energy here: https://polarnightenergy.fi/. and learn about the operating principle of the sand battery from this video: https://youtu.be/bZ9TyJ1bQ3Y?si=QEllM7L-suN-Jx2k

For more information about the recruitment process contact aTalent’s Senior Recruitment Consultant Sofia Latva-Koivisto (+358 50 321 4473, sofia.latva-koivisto(at)atalent.fi).