Electrical Design Engineer

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

What do we do? 
The Concept team exist within the complete ART EI, Electrical Infrastructure. This team is responsible for the high-level design of the electrical infrastructure in early phases and platforms. The work contains electrical design (schematic), 3d wiring harness design and also future strategies for the electrical infrastructure. The Concept team is working with both HV and LV harness design and have competence within 3D modelling, schematic, grounding strategies, harness manufacturing, EMC and ELP. 

Your key tasks
A position is now available as Electrical Design Engineer to help us define and develop our future galvanic electrical structure. The job entails the integration of all electrical interfaces; balancing numerous requirements from Electrical performance, EMC and communication demands to architecture layout and mechanical integration demands.

The works includes to design the total electrical solution for ART EI such as 3D models and system solutions in a high-level design. Including attributes such as EMC, ELP, grounding strategies. Working in a highly effective team you strive to continually develop yourself and the team; you contribute in developing new ways of working to be at the forefront of industry. 

Main responsibilities
-    Initiate, lead and drive your part of the Electrical distribution system needs to fulfil requirements
-    Perform investigations on subsystem and architecture level to reach reliability, cost and performance in the electrical system
-    Be part of team efforts to develop solutions cross platforms 

You and your skills 
Required qualifications 
−    MSc / BSc in Electrical & Electronic engineering or Mechatronics.
−    Experience in HW electrical design according to design guidelines
−    Experience in system development process
−    Previous experience within electrical system development
−    Fluent in English, written and spoken

Preferred qualifications
-    Power distribution system development;
-    Grounding system development;
-    Wire harness partitioning;
-    Vehicle electrical architecture development;
-    Product complexity;
-    Creating/Drafting system designs/schematics (Saber/Capital Design);
-    Validating system design; 
-    FMEA;
-    System safety;
-    EMC;
-    EDS/harness design/manufacturing;

Who you are? 
You are a person with a positive and open attitude, a team player with the ability assess different technical solutions. You are structured, costumer focused, self-driven and results oriented.  We believe that you have strong communication and documentation skills. 

How to learn more and apply
If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager, Helen Kasza, helen.grimberg@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior recruiter Catharina Skog at catharina.skog@volvocars.com. Please apply no later than January 17th, 2021 but note that selections will be running continuously. Please note, due to GDPR application through E-mail is not accepted.