Functional Safety Lead Engineer

Title: Functional Safety Lead Engineer


Are you exploring possibilities of a new career path? Do you want to apply your engineering passion for how to develop Functional Safety solutions in embedded electronic systems? If yes, then this job may be the perfect match for you!


Connected, electric and autonomous machines are making their way into our lives, and it is happening fast! We at Volvo Construction Equipment in Eskilstuna conduct research and development towards these areas & technologies. This paradigm shift in the construction industry introduces new safety challenges. This is where the Functional Safety and Security comes into the picture not only to strengthen prevailing safety expertise and culture but also to address contemporary security and safety risks of electronic embedded systems.
Embedded Electronic System (EES) organization supports Volvo CE machines with an embedded system used as a foundation and enabler for all machine functions and features to support connectivity, service solutions, autonomous functions and electromobility.
We are globally responsible to drive, develop and maintain that our Electronic Architecture is used by all machines within Volvo CE.
We in the EES-architecture department are on an exciting and challenging journey and need to expand our team. We are now recruiting a Functional safety lead engineer with the expertise and knowledge to help drive development and implementation of Functional Safety solutions that will support all Volvo CE machines. Collaboration between cyber security- & functional safety-engineers will be a natural interaction due to the close relation between these two areas.




About the position


We aiming to strengthening the team with a Functional Safety lead engineer with a great interest in Functional safety and leadership to, inspire, plan, prioritize and follow-up activities within the team and to support in development.
You will be part of a dedicated team in functional safety and security. Together with the team, you will work to build up and secure the Electric/Electronic-system safety and security. With safety means no harm is caused, deliberately or not and security means that no deliberate harm is caused.
You will apply your knowledge and experience to analyze functional safety risks and identify functional safety requirements. Your will propose technical concepts and solutions. This requires identifying what the required safety functions are, assessment of the risk-reduction required by the safety function, ensuring the safety function performs to the design intent, verification, and providing proper documentation.
These activities are performed in a cross-functional manner involving colleagues from different Volvo organizations. You will contribute to the knowledge management activities in functional safety. Finally, you have possibilities of participating in research, technology development and advanced engineering activities in functional safety area.
The role promotes creativity, passion for technology and multi-cultural communication skills.
The role also includes participating in continuous improvement of our ways of working and you will be encouraged to dream big, dare to fail, innovate and always invest time in personal development.
This position offers numerous possibilities of interacting with people, experts, and engineers across different organizations within Volvo Group and external entities. This position thus offers you a complete ecosystem to advance your personal and professional growth to the next level.




Who are you?


“Great teams are about personalities, not just skills”, like us, you believe that integrity, mutual respect and inclusive approach to work are crucial characteristics. We believe that you are curious, open-minded and eager to continuously improve your skills. You have a pragmatic, collaborative and creative mind-set of handling professional and technical challenges. You are a natural team player with ability of working independently. You appreciate socializing and having fun at work.


Required qualifications
• Academic degree, M.Sc or B.Sc in Electrical / Electronic engineering, Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering or other technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• Experience and knowledgeable in Functional Safety standard lifecycle through concept, system, hardware and software design.
• Must be pro-active and not one who waits on what to be told to do
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, proficiency in Swedish is desirable


Beneficial qualifications
It is meritorious to have one or more of the following:
• Experience of working with electronic system in the automotive industry
• Good understanding of robust and reliable system/software engineering/design principles
• Knowledge of machinery directive 2006/42 / EC.
• Knowledgeable of any functional safety standards, such as IEC61508, ISO13849, ISO19014 or ISO26262
• Experience of functional safety audit and assessment.
• Experience of leading a small team of Engineers.


We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background leads to a better environment for our employees and thus offers higher values to our customers. We strive for an inclusive culture that leverages the strengths inherent in diversity. Above all, our people make the difference.


Interesting and challenging? Are we a good match? Perfect, join the ride and make a difference!


Curious to know more and have questions? Welcome to contact Mikael Laggman, Head of EES Architecture, +46 16 541 5769.


We will evaluate candidates continuously so apply today and join us!