Research Engineer

Company Description

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Embedded Systems Engineer with Good experience in both hardware design and embedded software development. strong passion for innovation, emerging technologies, and system-level thinking. In this role, you’ll push boundaries in product design, collaborating across disciplines to develop next-generation solutions. You will be a key contributor to our innovation strategy—ideating, prototyping, and iterating solutions that anticipate future trends.

Key Responsibilities:

Hardware Responsibilities:

• Design and develop custom embedded hardware platforms, including schematic capture, PCB layout, and hardware bring-up.
• Select and integrate microcontrollers, sensors, communication modules, and power management components.
• Perform hardware validation and testing, including signal integrity.

Software Responsibilities:

• Develop and debug firmware and low-level software.
• Interface with sensors, actuators, communication stacks (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, BLE, Wi-Fi, etc.)
• Working experience with general purpose development board meaning will be added Advantage such as Raspberry, ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1, Discovery Kit with STM32MP157D MPU etc.

System-Level Responsibilities:

• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, software, UX/UI, data, and cloud/backend teams to deliver complete solutions.
• Participate in innovation sprints, feasibility studies, and new product exploration.
• Awareness of ISO 14001 & 45001 standards

The role is based in our office in SP Infocity, Hadapsar, Pune – but it goes without saying that the remote & hybrid working is a part of our modern ways of working.

Qualifications

To achieve these goals,

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in electronic engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in embedded Product development.
• Curious and adaptive driven to explore new technologies and unconventional ideas
• Strong in systems thinking, seeing the full product lifecycle and integration across domains
• Skilled in creative problem-solving, lateral thinking, and iterative design
• Demonstrates resilience, risk-taking, and a proactive approach to technical challenges
• Strong communicator who can clearly present complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Committed to ethical, user-centric design and long-term sustainability in engineering solutions.

Additional Information

What we offer to you

•  Work on next-generation embedded platforms and devices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the full product development cycle
• Opportunities for professional growth and technical leadership
• You will be able to work in a corporate in-house role and to collaborate with global teams.
• As we trust in Winning Together, we offer continuous learning and development which means that you will also get equal opportunities for self-development as a leader.
• Driving for better we offer a flexible & inclusive work environment where you can be yourself and enjoy Work-Life balance.
• We believe Doing the right thing by offering Competitive Salary.
• At Konecranes you will be working with leading crane building company with leading technology.

Explore more about life at Konecranes.

Interested?

Do you have what it takes to join our community and take a key role in our Research Engineering team? If yes, please submit your application with CV as soon as possible, latest by 17.10.2025 via the Apply link below.

For questions, feel free to contact Global Talent Acquisition Specialist Kanchan Mahajan via kanchan.mahajan (at) konecranes.com or via LinkedIn

Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.