Design Responsible – Hydrogen storage systems at VCE

Are you passionate in creating a sustainable and green future?


Do you enjoy working in an international cross-functional environment?


If your answer is YES to the above questions, we have several interesting opportunities, this is one of them! We are looking for a Design responsible for Hydrogen Storage Systems (HSS), working with components and systems for fuel cell solutions


We, at EATS and auxiliaries, are a group of fantastic and dedicated engineers working within several areas, one being hydrogen as fuel, where we work towards tomorrow’s zero emission propulsion systems. This is an area where we see will have enormous impact on our machines´ ability to meet and exceed customers’ expectations on drivability, machine power and range of operation. We are growing in this area and we welcome you to be part of this journey!


EATS and auxiliaries are a part of Sustainable Power Systems. At EATS and Auxiliaries, we have the responsibility for development of hardware solutions for hydrogen solutions to all of our construction equipment machines being developed. In EATS and auxiliaries we work with hardware components and systems, but we also do software requirements. We work together with software engineers in an agile team, and as a team we take full responsibility for the complete system with hardware solutions and software control. The scope is the complete development cycle from design and implementation to testing in machines.


What We Offer?


In the Design responsible- Hydrogen Storage Systems role, you will play an important part in the development of solutions for storing hydrogen onboard our machines. You will be involved from the very beginning and throughout the entire project, including the maintenance part when products are launched. Your work consist of, e.g.:
Create performance and durability requirements for the components
Specify legal requirements for the components
Be part of planning road maps for future alternatives
Guide and assist installation work in our different machine applications
Be part of verification activities to ensure customer expectations are met
Be part of product maintenance of the components and systems

The end application is construction equipment machines such as wheel loaders, excavators, and articulated haulers. The work is done in close cooperation with both colleagues within fuel cell development, colleagues within Volvo group, engineers taking care of complete machine development, and purchasing organizations ensuring procurement of solutions.


Our Culture


We are an innovative multi-national team where you will have good opportunities for your development. We work closely together and support each other in our day to day activities, so it will be easy to get up to speed and become a part of our team. We offer a wide variety of competence development and good possibilities for you to further grow and take on new interesting tasks. Your colleagues are fun, passionate, and always ready for new technical adventures.


Who are you?
A curios and enthusiastic engineer with a passion for applying your knowledge in new technology areas where everything is not always defined. At the same time, you understand the importance of finding solutions which can be applied with right quality at right cost and time. As a person, you are true team player. But you can also can work individually within your responsibility area and represent the team.


The job requires a holistic view with possibility to balance requirements in order to find solutions which can be used at multiple end products. In order to succeed we believe you are a mechatronic or mechanical design engineer, who have gained experience from component and system design in a complex and fast moving environment. You have probably worked within automotive industry, but can also have worked with design work in other industries. The experiences requested are needed to meet customers and authorities requirements on quality and legal fulfilment for our machines´ hydrogen storage systems


You are analytical, have a structured way of working, and you enjoy being on top of things. Sharing your knowledge with others and understand that the end solution is the result of many different skills is a guiding star for you. We hope that you are interested in this position and are passionate about creating a sustainable future together with us!


Are we a perfect match?
If you feel that this sounds exciting, please file your application, we would really enjoy getting to know you. We are hiring continuously throughout the recruitment period so please apply as soon as possible.


Are you curious and want to ask some questions? Do not hesitate to contact our manager
Fredrik Grop, Head of EATS and auxiliaries, +46 16 5416183


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