Analyse Engineer for Autonomous Drive Project

Analyse Engineer for Autonomous Drive project

Are you interested in the area of Active safety and the future Autonomous Cars?At Research & Development you will be a key contributor to the next generation self-driving cars working with the Autonomous Drive project. 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 section Low Speed Manoeuvring and SRS, Analyse and Verification is a part of Volvo Cars Active Safety department, which drives the development of the Volvo core value - Safety. We are responsible for analyse and verification of several different areas such as parking manoeuvring, parking cameras, automatic parking and BLIS (blind spot information system) plus SRS (Supplemental Restraint System). All these involved sensors/systems will be part of the future self-driving cars together with many new sensors. This will surely be a challenge to verify and quality assure. Our test methods today are both on bench, rigs, cars and CAE. Our daily work is performed in close collaboration with both our internal design departments such as the Active Safety CAE group, electrical, interior/exterior, ergonomics as well as external suppliers.

We are now searching for an Analyse Engineer who will be one in the leaders in our part of the project Autonomous Drive and in our other annual projects. The person we are looking for will be a part of the project team, plan and lead the verification teams as well as report to management. Different technical solutions are to be evaluated to secure that the vehicles meet our high safety standards. This is a cross functional role and you will have regular contact with engineers from technical areas and the product development departments.

Main responsibilities

* Be part of the AD project team
* Plan and lead the verification team
* Prepare and perform the sensor, system and functional testing
* Be responsible for developing new test methods
* Analyse test results and communicate it to involved parties
* Participate in field expeditions where the sensors system and functions are tested in different environments

Required qualifications

* M.Sc in mathematics, mechatronics, electronics or physics
* At Least 2-3 years of work experience
* Experience from Matlab and Simulink
* Fluent in English (written and spoken)
* PhD in mathematics, mechatronics, electronics or physics is meritorious
* Team leader or project leader experience is meritorious
* An asset would be years of experience within automotive
* Meritorious is programming languages such as C++, .Net and Java
* Former experience from working with the areas; sensor development, radar antenna or image processing is meritorious

Personal qualities

* Driven and self going
* Ability to lead and coordinate a team
* Strong communication skills as well as a positive mindset and a networking personality
* Strong analytical skills with a mathematic approach
* Structured and focused on methodologies
* Passion for technique, analysis, our products and customers
* Ability to independently develop, plan, conduct and follow up work towards objectives

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 premium car brand". And we believe our global success will be driven by making life less complicated for people, while strengthening our commitment to safety, quality and the environment. 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 Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Nadja Bergman at +46 729 889828 or by e-mail nadja.bergman@randstad.se.
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 then the 22nd of April, 2015.