Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.
KONE’s vision is to create the Best People Flow experience by providing ease, effectiveness and experience to our customers and users. In line with our strategy, Sustainable Success with Customers, we will focus on increasing the value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. By closer collaboration with customers and partners, KONE will increase the speed of bringing new services and solutions to the market.
KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI) is 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.
Technology and innovation careers - KONE Corporation
We are now looking for a
Product Owner (PO), Simulation Platform
to join our team in Hyvinkää, Finland. We work in a hybrid way mixing office and remote work, with a minimum of three office days per week. We are looking for an experienced professional to join us full-time.
Product Owner of Simulation Platform is responsible for providing business solutions at KONE. Expert in the engineering and simulation area. You understand how simulation data is managed and processed. You understand the application development process and have programming skills. The PO defines the business and functional requirements for development, creates development proposals for the Simulation areas, and plans development releases to support business process improvements.
You act as the bridge between engineering, simulation experts, and application development, owning both the simulation applications and the underlying data layout that enable reliable, reusable, and efficient simulations.
Responsibilities and Key Activities (focus on simulation system maintenance)
Responsible for managing the KONE Simulation system platform
Manage requirements and demand for the Simulation area
Work with core R&D simulation teams to turn requirements into specifications and manage development and testing through to the final solution
Support solution road mapping and backlog prioritization with stakeholders
Work closely with core R&D simulation teams, engineering functions, and IT
Support roadmap planning and decision-making with stakeholders
Manage key users, access rights, and software licenses
Skills, Education, and Experience
4–6+ years of experience managing or developing simulation platforms, environments or engineering tools combined with B.Sc. or equivalent education
Experience with digital simulation ecosystems (e.g. digital twin, HIL, structural or system simulations)
Experience setting up services, and monitoring, maintaining, and developing technical platforms or services
Application development experience (C#, .NET, SQL) is considered advantage
Experience with project management and coordination
Analytical and conceptual thinking; innovative, self-driven, and able to think outside the box
Fluent collaboration and communication skills in English; able to work independently and in virtual, multicultural teams
For additional information please contact Pekka Marttila (Product Manager, Design and Engineering Solutions) tel. +358 40 861 2260 on Wednesday April 29th, 2026 10-10:30 a.m. o’clock EET or Monday, May 4th, 2026 10-10:30 a.m. o’clock EET.
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If you think this could be your next inspiring challenge, please submit your application as soon as possible via our Careers-site Collaborate, innovate, thrive | KONE Careers latest by Friday May 8th, 2026.
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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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