Design Engineer Chassis Electronics

Design Engineer, Chassis Electronics

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.

Active Safety and Chassis is a unit within R&D and we are passionate in developing technology that enables Volvo Car Group to fulfil its aggressive targets to be leading in the areas of Active Safety and Vehicle Dynamics. The Suspension and Steering department is supporting these ambitions by developing first class mechanics, electronics and software for Suspension and Steering. The mission for the Suspension & Steering Electronics group is to provide first class electronics and software to enable the company to maintain leadership within Active Safety and Vehicle Dynamics.

We are looking for a Hardware Engineer with task leader ambitions in the area of Chassis electronics to develop future technology. It is important that you are passionate in developing premium electronic hardware components in an international environment together with global suppliers. You are responsible to secure correct specifications towards suppliers and also review their implementation and testing. You will have to build and maintain a network with expertise across the company to secure correct status in the many aspects of a car environment.

Main responsibilities

* Collection and documentation of component requirements in terms of Functional requirements, Architectural requirements, Electrical Performance attributes, Legal requirements etc.
* Develop component specifications in a database environment (Elektra)
* Collaboration with System Engineers for all interfacing systems to assure correct requirements
* Lead minor tasks and/or supporting task leaders in major tasks
* Support concept and project leaders in evaluation of supplier implementation, quality assurance and balancing of conflicting requirements
* Lead and participate in specification reviews to assure good quality

Required qualifications

* At least a B Sc in Electrics & Electronics, Mechatronics or similar
* Experience from development of Hardware components in an industrial environment
* Driver's license B
* Fluent in English, both written and spoken
* Experience from product development in the car industry is meritorious
* Experience from Volvo Car's product development process will be an asset
* Experience from working with system safety, preferably according to ISO 26262 is meritorious
* Experience from requirement handling in a database environment, preferably Electra is meritorious

Personal qualities

* Thorough, independent and passionate, actively driving your work guided by customer focus and common objectives, not detailed instructions
* Desire and ability to contribute in the work to develop both the team and the work processes
* Business and performance driven
* A great communicator and excellent corporation skills

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 Bergmanat +46 729 889828or 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 April 6th, 2015.