CAE Engineer

CAE Engineer - Powertrain Engineering

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.

Powertrain Concept & Advanced Engineering has the leading role for the Powertrain unit deliveries in concept phase and technology development (AE). The main task for the section is to lead, analyse and develop concepts and system solutions for propulsion systems including hybrid systems in the next generation of Volvo Car vehicles. The group, CAE Powertrain strategy and concepts, is responsible for analysing concepts and system solutions for propulsion systems including hybrid systems in Volvo Car Group vehicles. Consisting of 10 people, the group are working with CAE simulations for the properties drivability and performance and powertrain energy consumption.
We are now looking for a new colleague to take on the role as CAE Engineer. You will work in VSIM, which is a simulation program for performance, energy consumption and drivability in complete powertrains and vehicles. The responsibility of the CAE Engineers in the VSIM team is to build simulation models of new powertrain technology including controls and increase the precision in current VSIM models. You will have an important part in the early stages of the projects.

Main responsibilities

* Development of new powertrain models
* Simulation of powertrain attributes with focus on energy consumption, performance, driveability, NVH and emissions
* Support powertrain system design engineers, attribute leaders and advanced engineering projects with powertrain attribute estimations
* To succeed with this it is important to have a good knowledge of the physics of the drivetrain. It is also important to focus on details, documentation and have good traceability of the work that is performed.

Required qualifications

* Master of Science in, Mechanical, Applied Physics, Mechatronic Engineering or equivalent
* Experience from Matlab/Simulink
* Experience and good knowledge in model development and model calibration
* Good knowledge of the energy processes in combustion engines and hybrid powertrains
* Good knowledge of energy consumption for propelling a vehicle
* Fluent in English, written and spoken
* Experience of simulation of performance and fuel consumption in VSIM, GT Suite, AVL cruise or equivalent systems is meritorious
* Experience of algorithm development in control systems is meritorious
* Experience of development of controls- and/or diagnostic-systems in the Automotive industry is meritorious
* Experience of the following systems: Dymola, Modelica, SVN, LATEX and Mode Frontier is meritorious

Personal qualities

* Knowledge and passion for documentation, traceability and results with high quality
* Thorough, methodical and structured
* Have the ability to work independent but also enjoy being a part of a team

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 Stina Sörensen at +46 729 88 94 47 or by e-mail stina.sorensen@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 May 7th.