Advanced Engineering Project Leader

Advanced Engineering Project Leader
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.

Volvo Car Group aims for leadership in Automated Driving and Active Safety. Self-driving vehicles is the next step in Volvo Car Group's development of the world's safest cars. The department "Active Safety" is responsible all the way from research and advanced engineering to implementation, verification and validation of current and future customer offers. We are strongly focused on our vision to make cars that do not crash.

The group Strategy & Concepts and Advanced Engineering consists of 20 persons. We lead and perform research and advanced engineering activities in the area of active safety, driver support and connectivity. Our ongoing projects include next generation active safety systems, highly automated driving technology, and connectivity solutions. About 1/3 of the group members have a Ph. D degree. There are both project-leading roles and roles for dedicated specialists and "doers" in order to create a creative mix of competencies that can deliver innovations and future concepts. We typically work in the timeframe 2 to 6 years before production, so be prepared to think ahead. Creating new solutions will require new thinking. The work environment is agile, challenging and dynamic.

We are looking for an Advanced Engineering Project Leader for research and advanced engineering assignments within connected safety. You will lead a team of developers and your aim is to deliver results in time, but also to encourage innovation and learning. Solutions typically consist of in-vehicle system and software, and a cloud backend functionality. The cloud backend may have interfaces to other clouds or information sources/sinks, so you need a broad set of knowledge to be successful as the tasks are both technical, administrative, leadership-related and sometimes also include public relations as well as negotiations with third parties. Additionally, you are responsible to drive and coordinate the advanced engineering/research portfolio across the department. This is a needs/means-based process that controls research and advanced engineering activities within the department.
Main responsibilities

* Lead advanced engineering assignments
* Deliver result in time
* Encourage innovation and learning
* Drive and coordinate the advanced engineering/research portfolio across the department

Required qualifications

* Master of Science
* At least 5 years of experience within technical project management with a high level of technical challenge and innovation
* Driver's license B
* Leadership education is meritorious
* Experience as a PR spokesperson is an asset
* Knowledge in C-ITS and standards for C2C is meritorious
* Experience from product development at Volvo Car Group will also be meritorious
* Experience from cross-functional work with suppliers, OEMs, academia and authorities as well as experience from leading work with agile work methods will also be an asset

Personal qualities

* Attention to detail and strong sense of responsibility
* Result driven - finds new and better ways
* A broad, global business perspective and understanding
* Innovative, creative and flexible to do things simple and smart in order to reach agreed objectives
* Move fast and aim high
* Act in an inclusive way towards all people by showing respect
* High energy and ability to motivate team and organisation

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 Nadja Bergman by e-mail nadja.bergman@randstadsourceright.se Note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted and that your application documents should be written in English.
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 September 19th, 2016.