Defense contractor building armored vehicles, aircraft systems, and munitions for NATO and allied forces
Patria manufactures and supports critical military hardware—armored vehicles, aircraft components, mortar systems, and command-and-control software—for defense customers across Europe and beyond. The tech stack reveals a manufacturing-first company: SAP dominates procurement and finance (now migrating to S/4HANA), while Teamcenter and Polarion anchor product lifecycle and requirements management. Active projects span weapons-system development, combat-vehicle programs, and helicopter maintenance, paired with internal pain points around supply-chain bottlenecks and data consistency—typical friction for a defense OEM scaling production and managing multi-party contracts.
Patria is a privately held Finnish defense and technology company founded in 1921, headquartered in Helsinki. It serves NATO and allied defense ministries with four main product lines: armored wheeled and tracked vehicles with life-cycle support; aircraft and helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) plus pilot training; ammunition and mortar systems; and command-and-control and situational-awareness systems for military operations. The company operates across manufacturing, engineering, and support roles; current hiring is accelerating, with 35 open positions spanning engineering, finance, manufacturing, and data teams. Manufacturing compliance, supply-chain resilience, and data architecture are active operational priorities.
SAP (core ERP, migrating to S/4HANA), Teamcenter (product lifecycle), Polarion (requirements), MuleSoft (integration), GitLab/Jenkins (CI/CD), C++/Java/Python (development), Kubernetes/Docker (infrastructure), Power BI (analytics).
Major projects include NEMO weapon-system development, the CAVS (Common Armored Vehicle System) program, F-35 front-fuselage assembly, NH90 helicopter maintenance/modification, and data-warehouse architecture redesign.
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