Industrial engineering services spanning automation, embedded systems, and technical documentation
Etteplan is a 4,000+ person engineering services firm headquartered in Finland with delivery centers across Northern Europe and China. The stack reveals deep industrial automation expertise—Siemens (PCS 7, TIA Portal, S7), Aveva, DeltaV, and IEC standards sit alongside .NET, C#, and embedded toolchains. They're actively adopting S1000D (technical documentation standard) and replacing AWS Lambda, while simultaneously chasing agentic AI in industrial contexts and RPA-based process automation—positioning as a legacy industrial player attempting to modernize through AI rather than greenfield adoption.
Notable leadership hires: Sales Director
Etteplan provides engineering services and technology solutions to industrial manufacturers, covering automation design, embedded systems, product development, and technical documentation. The company operates across seven countries with 4,000+ engineers, designers, and technical specialists. Revenue in 2021 was EUR 300.1 million. Their work spans new process automation initiatives, plant retrofits, maritime/offshore mechanical design, metallurgical installations, and increasingly, digital platforms and agentic AI offerings. The engineering-heavy hiring mix (196 of 231 active roles) reflects ongoing team expansion in core delivery, with notable focus on expanding the electrical design function.
Siemens PCS 7, TIA Portal, SIMATIC S7, Aveva, DeltaV, PROFINET, and Modbus. They also work with IEC 61508/61511 safety standards and WinCC for human-machine interfaces.
Headquarters in Espoo, Finland. Delivery centers in Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Denmark, and China. Currently hiring in six countries (Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland).
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