Are you passionate about automation technology and solving complex engineering challenges? Join us as an Automation Engineer / Senior Automation Engineer based in Pune, India, and play a key role in delivering automation solutions for pulp, paper, and packaging applications. You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the entire project lifecycle, from system design and software development to factory testing, commissioning, and customer start-ups. This is an opportunity to contribute to challenging projects, work with advanced automation systems, and make a direct impact on project quality, delivery, and customer success.
Travel: You are willing to travel to customer sites within India and overseas for assignments that may extend to 3-4 months at a time.
Success in this role requires strong expertise in industrial automation engineering, PLC/DCS-based control systems, software logic development, commissioning, and troubleshooting. You will need hands-on experience in project execution, the ability to work independently while collaborating across international teams, and a solid understanding of quality, risk, and safety requirements. Experience in pulp, paper, and packaging applications, along with customer-facing project delivery activities, will help you make an immediate impact. Knowledge of Valmet DNA systems and remote commissioning support is highly valuable.
We also expect you to align with Valmet’s Leadership Principles—practical behaviors that guide how we lead, collaborate, and succeed together:
You will join the PAC Machines AE India Engineering team and report to the Engineering Manager. The team works across the full project lifecycle, covering automation system design, software development, testing, commissioning, and customer start-ups. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering professionals while supporting automation projects for pulp, paper, and packaging applications. The role offers exposure to customer interactions, factory acceptance testing, site commissioning, and international project environments. You will have opportunities to expand your technical expertise while contributing to high-quality project delivery and customer satisfaction.
Valmet offers an inspiring and challenging position with opportunities to work on international projects and advanced automation technologies. Our collaborative and team-oriented environment supports continuous learning, innovation, and professional development. We value our employees and provide modern work tools, learning opportunities, and a workplace where you can grow your career while making a meaningful impact.
Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers; we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.
At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential, never on personal characteristics such as gender, gender identity, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, or political views.
Join the team – and lead the way with us!
Valmet is a global technology leader serving process industries. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow.
In 2024, Valmet’s net sales totaled approximately EUR 5.4 billion. Our head office is in Espoo, Finland, and we have experts in approximately 40 countries around the world. Valmet’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Valmet has two focused segments: Biomaterial Solutions and Services and Process Performance Solutions. Valmet’s operating model consists of five business areas: Automation Solutions; Flow Control; Pulp, Energy and Circularity; Packaging and Paper; and Tissue. The business areas are supported by a separate Latin America unit and a China Chair. The Global Supply unit supports cost-competitiveness by optimizing and leveraging Valmet’s global scale in procurement and production.
