R&D Project Manager, Systems & Options

We are looking for an R&D Project Manager with strong system‑level understanding of complex engineering products to lead the development of advanced cooling system projects within our Systems & Options product team.

This role plays a key part in shaping a strategically important new product, ensuring it is developed in a structured, system‑level manner and brought to a state of full product readiness. You will work at the intersection of technology, product development, and productization, driving complex development projects from early planning through design completion and readiness for productization.

If you are motivated by high‑end technology, complex systems, and working at the forefront of cryogenic solutions for quantum computing, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a real impact.

In this position, you will have end‑to‑end ownership of cooling system development projects. You are responsible for driving structured execution, aligning technical content with schedules and priorities, and ensuring the resulting solution is technically complete, system‑integrated, and scalable.

You operate at system level, coordinating multiple disciplines and guiding project‑level decisions throughout the development phase. While this role requires strong technical understanding of cryogenic systems, you will work in close collaboration with technical leads, product development teams, and productization teams to ensure clarity, alignment, and progress.

We offer you an interesting, challenging, and responsible position as well as the support of a highly skilled growth organization. This is an excellent opportunity for your own professional growth in a dynamic, enthusiastic, and professional team where we work together, and we support each other. We have a multicultural work environment with room to grow, where you can use your potential and develop your skills.

Main Responsibilities

• Own and lead cooling system projects from planning through design completion and product readiness
• Define and manage project scope, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and risks
• Drive execution, follow‑up, and closure across all workstreams
• Act as the system‑level project owner, ensuring a coherent, integrated cryogenic solution across subsystems and options
• Ensure system requirements, interfaces, and dependencies are clearly defined and managed
• Drive alignment on modularity, scalability, and configurability of the remote cooling solution
• Lead and coordinate cross‑functional teams without direct line authority
• Facilitate alignment between teams, clarify ownership, and remove blockers
  
  

What We Expect From You

• Experience in complex engineered products, example; cryogenics, low-temperature systems, vacuum deposition systems
• Degree in physics, engineering, or another relevant technical field
• Strong and proven project management skills in complex technical or hardware development projects
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive execution without direct line authority
• Structured, proactive, and delivery-oriented way of working
• Strong understanding of cryogenic systems; familiarity with Bluefors products or equivalent high‑end cryogenic solutions is highly beneficial
• Experience translating technical complexity into executable project plans
• Ability to balance technical depth with schedule, scope, and prioritization decisions
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in multi-stakeholder environment
• Fluency in English, written and spoken
• Willingness to travel occasionally
  
  

We also appreciate

• Experience with modular cooling product architectures
• Background in productization, industrialization, or NPI
• Familiarity with configuration management, variants, and options
• Positive, hands‑on attitude with strong problem‑solving skills
• Curiosity and passion for high‑end technology
  
  

Please apply as soon as possible, on April 20, 2026, at the latest through our recruitment system at BLUEFORS.COM. We will start reviewing the applications on an ongoing basis and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. For more information contact Tomi Elovaara, Director, Systems & Options via email: [email protected].

The world's leading manufacturer of ultra-low temperature cryogen-free dilution refrigerators.

We design and manufacture measurement systems, that can provide clean and quiet environment for scientific research, even at ultra-low temperatures. Our systems have options which include wiring and superconducting magnets and can be customized to meet the requirements of each customer. We have a strong focus on the quantum computing and information community and are here to support scientists and industries go further in their endeavors. For this we have brought together the best minds from a variety of fields. If you are a skilled physicist, technician, engineer or business professional and looking for an interesting job in multicultural environment, join our growth story at Bluefors.

Here we are curious to the core, have wide-range expertise, and have one mission: progress. Continuous development, learning, and collaboration are fundamental to our way of working. In our agile company structure customers are in direct contact with scientists and engineers who design their system. We deliver systems all around the world and the markets for our products are constantly growing. Currently we employ more than 600 professionals from over 50 different nationalities. We offer competitive benefits package, employee share program, flexible working environment and a non-smoking workplace.