Engenheiro Júnior de I&D

Job Description

Do you want to be a key player in taking Vattenfall forward in the emerging energy landscape? We seek to expand our Digital Energy Solutions section with a skilled R&D Engineer with focus on Smart Energy Solutions.

Vattenfall R&D has group-wide responsibility for conducting business driven technical development that supports the company's strategic focus areas. We offer you a flexible work environment where you will have the freedom to be creative, work and develop in an exciting and rapidly changing technical field of strategic importance to the company.

As a Junior R&D Engineer within Digital Energy Solutions you will have the opportunity to help shape the future of Vattenfall in a complex energy landscape. You will work across Vattenfall's business units and areas as well as with external stakeholders. You will identify and analyse new technology and develop new conceptual solutions for the future businesses. Following trends and developments in the energy and related sectors to gain knowledge and insights is a natural part of the job.

In a creative environment, you take responsibility to follow up on your own and other's ideas and develop into new business concepts, with technical and value chain analysis as key tools. The role offers a high degree of freedom to shape the work with strong support from experienced colleagues.

Your primary responsibilities will be to:

• Coordinate and execute the work together with skilled and engaged colleagues as required
• Work with market intelligence and trend analysis
• Identify and evaluate new technology and business models
• Identify innovation projects and pilot initiatives of interest
• Collaborate with key external stakeholders such as start-ups, research institutes, universities and external technology manufacturers
• Work with Vattenfall internal communication and knowledge sharing
• Act as the R&D go to person for innovation related questions

Qualifications

Education:

• M.Sc. in Energy Engineering or equivalent.

Work experience and skills:

• Background in technology and business development.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities.
• A creative mindset and thinking outside the box perspective.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills in English.

Meritorious:

• Experience from project management
• Experience from innovation work or similar
• Experience from Vattenfall's ecosystem via internships or previous assignments
• Fluency in Swedish

To excel in this position you need to have a positive mindset, be self-driven with good communication and interpersonal skills. You have a flexible, yet solution-oriented approach to work that shows initiative and pragmatism. You like to work in teams and create networks. The ideal candidate is fearless, curious, open-minded, don't panic when starting from a blank piece of paper, strategic, information driven and excels in packing abstract ideas into concrete proposals. A genuine passion for shaping the future energy landscape is fundamental to this role.

Additional information

We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as 'Ask and Share' concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development. Click here for further information.

Location

Solna, Sweden.

Start date: 2026-07-01 or by agreement

End date: 2027-06-30 with potential for prolongation

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Firas Daraiseh, [email protected]. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Elnoosh Farhoudfar, [email protected]

Trade Union representatives in Sweden via Vattenfall's switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

Christer Gustafsson, ledarna, [email protected],

Juha Siipilehto [email protected],

Christel Karlsson [email protected].

We welcome your application no later than 15th of June. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website and that you refrain from submitting a cover letter with your application. You apply quickly and easily by answering screening questions and attaching your CV. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible, as we are conducting interviews continuously.

At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and safety-conscious. We are looking for employees who share our vision and can contribute to strengthening our corporate culture. We firmly believe that diversity helps build a more profitable and attractive company, and we strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall actively works to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender identity, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall.

Working at Vattenfall means working with critical societal infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security-classified, and you may be required to fill a wartime posting. If this position is security-classified, a security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any potential wartime posting will be based on the employment contract and the Total Defence Service Act.

We look forward to receiving your application!