Cyber Security Engineer

Who are we?
Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable, and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 
Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

Gothenburg, SE

What we offer
Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine the customer experience in automotive through digital technology. Electrification, Autonomous Drive and Shared Mobility are enablers for our purpose – freedom to move in a personal, sustainable, and safe way.
Software engineering is an increasingly important area in the automotive industry and Volvo Cars makes all cars connected and provide a continuously enhanced experience for both new and existing cars. The ART Connectivity Platform within the Department Connectivity and Car Cloud Platform is responsible for delivering Global Connectivity as a service – E2E including HW, SW and Mobile Network Services. The platform we provide is the prerequisite for all connected applications and services within the vehicle.

We are now looking for people to strengthen our Cyber Security ownership within the ART and to support our development teams within the field by building up a support team with Cyber Security Engineers (CSE). A CSE provides support to a Solution/ART regarding cybersecurity, when and as needed, in technical, process, method, and documentation perspectives.

Who we are
The Connected Experience Unit within R&D includes Connectivity and Car Cloud Platform, Infotainment Platform, Applications and Data & Diagnostics. Our vision and strategy are to maximize the attractiveness of owning and using a Volvo.

What you will do
Working with Cyber Security means covering methods, tools, technologies and software architectures to ensure a strong level of Cyber Security. You will be a part of a network of technical specialists and architects with different domain expertise, e.g personal security, data science, software engineering. Your main responsibilities will be to support the ART’s management team with Cyber Security management competence as a speaking partner. 

Your will also support in the following areas:
•    The ART’s technical roles (e.g., Development Teams, Architects) with competence regarding Cyber Security
•    The ART’s technical roles (e.g., Development Teams, Architects) with Cyber Security development- and V&V- activities, but then always as a temporary team member, i.e., the responsibility for the work products always remain with the owning team
•    The ART’s quality assurance by participating in verification reviews with a Cyber Security perspective
•    The ART’s Cyber Security related sourcing (CS-SOW), evaluation of supplier’s Cyber Security work and achievement of cybersecurity (CS-JR)

Moreover, you will act as a Cyber Security contact person for the Solution/ART and nurture the ART’s Cyber Security culture and strive for making the ART able and mature regarding Cyber Security. Further, you will contribute to Cyber Security CoP (Community of Practice) as an active member.

Do you fit the profile?
For you to fully enjoy this opportunity, we believe that you have a background in software or information technology with at least a Master’s Degree or equivalent.

You have a long professional experience in Cyber Security Engineering and an excellent knowledge in and hands-on experience of software development and software architecture (embedded and/or cloud). You have a proven ability to analyze and make recommendations for technical design, to collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders and to drive continuous improvements.

You have a strong passion and good knowledge of Cyber Security engineering best practices and standards (e.g., ISO/SAE 21434 and J3061) and product Cyber Security combined with a business acumen and technical know-how that allows you to help the organization to find ways to use relevant data in a responsible way through Cyber Security Engineering.

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Please don’t wait with your application because we will start the recruitment process immediately. We welcome your application by May 2nd, 2021 at the latest. Please submit your application in English. Due to GDPR we do not accept applications over email.
For questions about the position please contact Team Manager Maria Kongstad at maria.kongstad@volvocars.com and for questions regarding the recruitment process, contact Senior Recruiter Lotta Ericsson at lotta.ericsson@volvocars.com.