SW Integration and release Leader (IRL) - Seat functions

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?
The department Seats has responsibilities to develop all functions for the seats of the vehicle, which involves the development of customer functionality, system design, hardware design, software development, and verification on all levels. The technical responsibility covers system solutions for various functions, among them, seat movements, climate, and comfort. 
Function & Control is one of the five groups in Seats department. We are a group of 20+  skilled engineers, engaged in development with technical responsibility within Seats Functions, functional and system design, SW-development and verification. Do you want to be a leader and bring new knowledge to our highly motivated team?

What will you do?
In your role as IRL, you have delegated execution responsibility for your team by driving and organizing the work and flow. You manage and optimize the flow of value through the department by establishing and communicating the annual rolling calendar for iterations and continuous planning.
You will also be responsible for driving and report the Integration and Release status of the deliveries from the team including removing impediments beyond team’s own ability. You co-facilitate quarterly sync sessions by fostering the preparations together with the Product Owner, Functions Owner, and Engineering Manager to vision and roadmap our backlog. 
You will work closely with other IRL´s, product owners, and DPMs within and outside the department.

Do you fit the profile?
You are a technically oriented person with documented experience within our area and have a passion for developing people and teams. You enjoy being part of a team, yet you eagerly take a leadership role to guide the team to reach its full potential. You thrive in working in a collaborative environment and building networks across the organization and you are a driven self-motivated person who wants to see results in your own work as well as the teams’.

The qualifications that you bring in are an academic background as B Sc or M Sc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar with experience from SW development projects and you have a minimum of 3 years of experience as a project lead or release leader. You possess excellent communication and collaboration skills. As we are a truly international team, we see you have excellent English skills being fluent both verbally and in writing. Meritorious is experience within tools such as JIRA and Confluence. In addition to the leadership qualifications, true technical depth from software development is required to be selectable for this role. 

Desired and meritorious skills that are beneficial and would bring additional impact and contribution to our team are experiences with C++ programming, Simulation and Model-Based Design using MATLAB/ Simulink, Rhapsody, System Weaver/CarWeaver, Elektra, Vehicle communication protocols (CAN, LIN, Flexray, Ethernet) and knowledge of automotive standards Functional Safety ISO26262 and Cyber security ISO21434.

We believe you are a holder of a Swedish driving license “B”.