Certification Engineer

The Bus Industry is changing.
Are you up for a new challenge?
Do you want to work in a rapidly changing environment and participate in the development of Volvo Buses future products.

This is your chance!
We are looking for you who wants to be part of a Team with a Global Network that monitors new legislations and certify our products.
We believe that you want to be part of a global, collaborative, diverse and learning organization where our work with continuous improvement will give you the chance to influence our efficiency.

The position
As a Certification engineer you will implement and adopt the Volvo Bus homologation strategy regarding European and International certificates, where sound profitability aspects are highly focused.

In this role you will provide expertise in vehicle legislation for buses and monitor the development of international legislation for buses.
EC/ECE/MVSS/GSO
Global vehicle directive and regulation expert for international legislation
Networking and lobby activities in cooperation with Volvo Trucks experts, and having relations to authorities, associations and competitors regarding vehicle legislation
Interpret legal information from ACEA, OICA, BilSweden and similar organizations to the homologation engineers
Create and update legal roadmap for buses and inform the concerned departments within Volvo Bus

You will be responsible for an area of regulations and do the planning and preparation of certification tests with International authorities, test institutes and concerned project teams.
In this role you will compile technical information documents and provide certificates for Volvo Bus complete product range, components, systems and complete vehicles.
Here you will also act as Project Manager Homologation in different Product Projects.

You will be part of the Homologation Team and a global network.
The team is part of the Product and Project Management department within Global Bus Technology.
You will be surrounded by very skilled colleagues in a working environment where we help each other towards common goals.
We always strive for customer success, with a solid base in the trust for each other.

Who are you?
To be successful in this position we think that you have an enthusiastic and proactive approach with collaboration and communication skills.
You define success in terms of the whole team and have an in-depth understanding of Homologation business.


Required Skills
BSc. or MSc. in engineering, law or equivalent
Broad specialist competence in vehicle legislations with long experience (minimum 10 years)
Knowledge, experience and good understanding of the national approval process for buses
Good business like competence combined with negotiation experience towards International authorities
Automotive experience
Excellent communication and negotiation skills in English, both spoken and written

What we can offer
At Volvo Buses we are actively working to establish teams that will take maximum advantage of the strength inherent in differences in knowledge, experience, age, gender and nationality, etc. Customer success, trust, passion, change and performance are the values that guide us.


You will work in a global environment that provides you with opportunities to develop both professionally and personally. We at Volvo Group want you to be prosper and happy, because when you succeed, we succeed.
We are eager to get to know you and learn from you.


For more information, please contact:
Lars Knutsson, +46 765 53 79 37