Design Engineer

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?
We are in a paradigm shift when it comes to the automotive industry. Self-driving vehicles is the next important step in Volvo Car Group’s development of the world’s safest cars. To be able to succeed Volvo Cars’ vision that nobody should be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo car, the Autonomous Driving area is an integral part of development within Active Safety. 

The Product stream Active Safety and Autonomous Drive is responsible for both research/advanced engineering and industrialisation including implementation, verification and validation of current and future customer offers. You will work in a team of skilled engineers that design the software platform to enable function development for self-driving cars. The development work is done in close collaboration with both internal and external partners.

What you will do
As Design Engineer in software development you will be a part of the agile team that is leading the technical development of the next generation software platform systems. You will work with a broad variety of tasks that encompasses leading development of software components that fulfils the requirements from technical, time and cost perspectives and synchronize planning with both internal and external software component suppliers. Releasing software and supporting documentation meeting our vehicle program plan and manageing technical design reviews, both internal reviews and supplier reviews are also part of the role.

You and your skills
You have an Academic degree within product development and experience from software project management and structured work in a structured development process. You are comfortable in managing suppliers in an international environment and you have excellent English skills, both verbally and in writing. You are a self-motivated and team-oriented person with a technical mindset and well acquainted with agile methods. You possess an energetic approach to continuously learn and innovate. And you see a challenge in using your problem-solving skills in this dynamic environment.

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position, please contact hiring manager, Lena Eliasson at lena.eliasson@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Kristin Lövgren at kristin.lovgren@volvocars.com. Please note that applications via email will not be approved.
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 2020-03-05.