Electrical System Engineer

Electrical System Engineer

At Research & Development you will be a key contributor to the next generation outstanding luxury cars from Volvo. Together with other engineers around the world, you and your team will create innovative human-centric car technology that makes life less complicated and more enjoyable for people. Are you interested in design and connected car technology? Do you share our passion for people, the environment and our urge to create a superior driving experience? Research and Development is the place for you to prosper.

The Group Electrical Design is part of the section Electrical System Architecture. The group's responsibility is among others to develop the electrical distribution system with mechanisms that balance/limits electrical power consumption and the distribution aspects of communication properties for each electrical component and system in all conditions where the car are used. Personal safety in Hybrid vehicles as well as protecting the electrical distributions system against abnormal use or errors in the system is other areas of our responsibility.

As Electrical System Engineer you will together with your colleges be responsible for developing the electrical design solution in the car. This means that you will define solutions based on the electrical architecture mechanisms in a fully distributed electrical system as well as received legal/attribute/customer function, system and component requirements. You will be a part of every system solution in the electrical system and design how all components are connected to each other with restrictions and requirements concerning wire harness and distribution centrals design. You will participate in the overall requirement balancing process to handle conflicts with other requirements and you will act towards other electrical engineers/designers to ensure full understanding of the solution. You will also work in close collaboration with the test group to ensure that requirements are testable and that the solutions work as intended.

Main responsibilities

* Develop and document system and component solutions for defined car program
* Define and cascade system and component requirements to affected PSS's
* Support implementation in subsystem solutions
* Secure electrical design system functionality during all use cases of the vehicle. Verify system requirement fulfilment
* Actively participate in solving issues raised during car programs

Required qualifications

* B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or corresponding competence gained by experience
* Experience in Electrical System Development
* Experience in Electrical Distribution System Development
* Ability to assess different technical solutions
* Fluent in English, both written and spoken
* Experience of Matlab/Simulink and Saber is meritorious

Personal qualities

* Customer focused
* Engaged and encouraging people
* Drive change and implementation
* Ability to assess different technical solutions
* Relations oriented
* Communicative
* Positive and inquisitive mind-set
* Comfortable with work towards deadlines

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.

Contact
In this recruitment process, we are collaborating with Randstad Sourceright. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Jesper Sundström by e-mail at jesper.sundstrom@randstadsourceright.se. Note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than February 1st, 2017.