System Architect, Industrial Product Solutions

Etteplan is seeking a System Architect to define and drive the technical architecture of complex embedded product solutions for customers in the industrial, energy, ICT, defence, and medical sectors. This senior leadership role operates at the intersection of electronics, mechanics, and embedded software design, providing the system-level view necessary to create coherent, manufacturable, and certifiable products.

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end system architecture, including requirements decomposition, interfaces, and trade-off decisions across hardware, software, and mechanics.
• Lead make/buy and platform-vs-custom decisions while maintaining architecture documentation and technical governance.
• Shape solution concepts with sales and business development during scoping and proposal phases.
• Translate customer needs and business requirements into practical architectural solutions.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor in customer workshops and steering meetings.
• Coordinate across disciplines to ensure architectural integrity and mitigate system-level risks (integration, EMC, thermal, safety, and certification).
• Support project managers and department heads with technical planning, design reviews, and mentoring senior engineers.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and reusable platform strategies, tracking trends like embedded AI, edge computing, and connected product security.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including system-level architecture responsibility.
• Proven track record architecting products that integrate multiple disciplines (electronics, mechanics, and/or embedded software) with strong hardware/software co-design skills.
• Experience in a technical leadership or principal engineer role within an engineering consultancy or product company.
• Excellent communication skills with both engineering teams and customer stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing products for multiple industries (industrial, medical, energy, ICT, or defense).
• Familiarity with relevant standards and regulatory frameworks (functional safety, medical device, defense, or industrial).
• Experience with embedded AI and edge inference architectures.
• Fluency in Finnish and English.

What We Offer

• A technical leadership role with broad influence across the product solution portfolio.
• Exposure to diverse industries and cutting-edge embedded challenges.
• A strong multi-disciplinary engineering team and project management support.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• A flexible hybrid working model based in Finland.

Employment Details

• Contract Type: Direct hire
• Location: Kuopio, Finland
• Salary: Typical monthly salary of 6000-7200€ depending on background.