KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI) is where the magic happens at KONE. It's where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies.
KONE R&D brings together top talent from different disciplines into an industry-leading product and technology organization. We thrive in solving complex customer challenges, connecting legacy with the latest technologies, across hardware and software engineering. In fact, roughly half of our R&D roles are in software. Agile ways of working mean that we are better able to meet our customers’ rapidly evolving needs for speed and innovation, in a global environment.
R&D unit in KTI is responsible for developing digital services at KONE. It’s the development engine for our Digital Services such as KONE 24/7 Connected Services, Office Flow and Partnership Ecosystem.
We are now looking for several test automation positions
Test Expert/ (Senior) Test Specialists, KCL Platform
to join our team and help us test our growing family of onsite devices
What is our challenge for you?
We have a growing family of onsite devices running our embedded Linux Platform. As it grows testing complexity grows with it and we want to ensure that our devices are tested as thoroughly as possible. We also want our CI pipelines to have fast cycles and keep our development teams running smoothly. We have positions open also for more senior experts who have vision of how to take large complex test frameworks forward in the future.
To be successful in this role
- You have 3+ years of experience in test automation development
- You have strong Python, bash and command line fu
- You have experience with CICD and Gitlab
- You have a holistic view over the testing framework and seek to improve it
- You use Robot Framework
- You love to automate
- You love catching bugs
- You love Linux
What can we offer for you?
You will be working with our experts in agile software development teams, testing our family of onsite compute devices. Our devices are helping to bring connectivity to KONE’s elevators, escalators and UI devices on a harmonized Linux platform.
For further information please contact Robert Taylor, Head of KCL Platform by email [email protected]
We offer
We offer flexible working time, remote working opportunities and we also support commuting to work. In this role, you can work from our Hyvinkää or Espoo offices as a primary location, if that's more convenient location for you and as we have a hybrid working model, you can work remotely a few days a week.
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 www.kone.com/jobs latest by 4th of April, 2025.
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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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.
