Patent Attorney

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions (SMR) is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying.
Together with SMR there’s also Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions (SRP), which is a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. These two business areas make up the relevant sectors in which you’ll be working in, and we’re now looking for an experienced Patent Attorney to strengthen our team!

Your new team
SMR and SRP Patents is an international team of patent attorneys, patent engineers and patent administrators, dealing with cutting-edge innovation. We’re a diverse and highly skilled team located in seven different countries on three continents, and we protect inventions by patent applications and prosecute the applications to relevant patents for the business. Working alongside other teams at Sandvik, we use and enforce these rights.

Your role
This is the best place to be for an IP professional, as you work with all patent matters – from inventions to enforcement. In this role, you support business in rock tools, ground support and rock processing divisions and other relevant areas. You provide a wide range of IPR support to our business, including involvement in R&D projects, handling inventions, making searches, coordinating drafting, filing and prosecution of patent applications, patent attorney work towards the patent offices, strategic patent portfolio management and dealing with contentious matters. Your responsibilities also include continuous process improvements to protect and enforce the IP rights within your area. This position is based in Stockholm, Sandviken or Svedala in Sweden.

Your character
You’re a patent professional with a demonstrated ability to achieve results through teamwork in challenging projects and in an international environment. You have several years’ experience in patent matters, and a M.Sc. or D.Sc. degree in a relevant technical or scientific area. Experience in patent matters in mechanical engineering is essential. The professional qualifications of a European Patent Attorney are required.

Our Sandvik culture
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group, rapidly developing into new, digital offerings, with roots in steel innovations and a future vision to set the industry standard. Our role is clear – through every action, every day, we make the shift and advance the world through engineering. For us, it is clear that diversity of experience, perspective and background forms a solid foundation for achieving great results. Learn more about our business by visiting our website, LinkedIn or Facebook.

Application
Send your application no later than April 25, 2022.
Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career (Job ID: R0039437).
As we aim for an open and fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. Shortly after the last application date, you’ll therefore be asked to take a personality and logic ability test.

Contact information
For further information about this position, please contact:
Kim Simelius, recruiting manager, +35 (0)84 018 070 62

Union contacts - Sweden
Per Hedman, Unionen, +46 (0)26 26 50 14
Fredrik Andersson, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)26 27 18
Linda Adamsson, Ledarna, +46 (0)26 16 01
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Services, +46 (0)26 261 444.

Recruitment Specialist
Lisbeth Häggström
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. In 2021, sales were approximately 41 billion SEK with about 15,600 employees.