Design Engineer Exterior Front Systems

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

What’s in it for you?
You will work in a creative environment at Exterior Front where tomorrow's hood, fender and supporting structure systems are developed. You will work with a wide range of components, materials and production techniques, and your contribution is crucial for finding the perfect balance between exterior design and geometric stability. We work in flexible, cross-functional, product teams tailored to development tasks. There are always open possibilities for personal development, depending on your interest, self-drive and your initiative. We will support you to reach your full potential.

What you’ll do
You’ll be responsible for creating engineering design solutions used in new front systems that include hood, fender or supporting structure systems. You will have the opportunity to split your time between design engineering and project management tasks, or focus on developing your design engineering specialist skills.

You’ll proactively take necessary actions to secure that the engineering design becomes successful. Product Design, surface appearance, attribute functions and manufacturing are some examples of important features, the engineering design need to fulfil.

Who are you?
You are passionate about Design and challenged by searching and finding engineering solutions, to enable beautiful and robust car design with superior quality. You are experienced in design engineering using Catia v5 and have great ability to cooperate and communicate.
* B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering or other equivalent education
* Documented experience in use of Catia V5
* Knowledge in engineering design, manufacturing, mechanical joining and behaviour of materials
* In depth knowledge in sheet metal and injection moulded design, extruded and casted metal design are considered as merits
* Project management experience or willingness to learn


On a personal level
We see you as someone who understands business value and have the ability to manage projects and priorities accordingly. We recently organized ourselves in agile scrum teams using the Scale agile framework (SAFe). Our vision is to develop and deliver the hood, fender and supporting structure systems by in-house engineering teams that take ownership while constantly learning and have fun. In order to achieve the above, you are open minded and have an ability to collaborate. For you to fully enjoy the job you see opportunities rather than difficulties. You can inspire people around you and have an internal driving force that motivates you in your daily work. To conclude, you have a positive and innovative mind-set that everything is possible.

Want to know more? Apply Online!
We apply a continuous selection process so we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.
Last application date is Mars 29th 2020. Please note that we do not accept applications via e-mail. Apply online by filling in the form and append your documents.
If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Johan Sundemo Manager Front Systems, johan.sundemo@volvocars.com. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Malin Hansson at malin.hansson.5@volvocars.com