Electrical Engineer at Volvo Energy

"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.

Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

We shape the world we want to live in!
Volvo Energy is our newest business area with the overarching purpose of supporting the Volvo Group’s transformation ambitions within electrification, sustainability, circularity, complete service offer, profitable growth and resilience. 

We are now looking for an electrical engineer to join our team.
Battery Optimization and Monitoring – Technology is a function within Volvo Energy that works with second life applications of vehicle battery packs, monitoring and data analytics, optimization of remaining useful life, battery safety and new offerings for stationary Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).

Working in very close cooperation with our colleagues from Volvo Group and especially Group Trucks Technology, we create new business offer opportunities as well as value propositions.  

What are we looking for in this specific role?
We are now looking for an Electrical Engineer. Stepping into this role, you will be the cornerstone of our product development team. You will be part of a team that develops advanced energy storage solutions that harness the power of Volvo Group batteries. In this role, you bring your technical expertise to lay the engineering foundation that bring our battery energy storage systems to life.

Your starting point will be:
* Supporting on the development and design of electrical drawings like single line diagrams, schematics, and other wiring diagrams for stationary battery energy storage systems. 
* Perform electrical design duties associated with project scope of work.
* Technical review of documents provided by vendors.  
* Supporting on the preparation of short circuit, load flow and arc flash documentation. 
* Supporting on quality control of all deliverables within the scope of engineering. 
* Work closely with the senior engineers to provide deliverables to a variety of projects. 
* Supporting on the preparation of electrical equipment specifications, data sheets, purchase requisitions and bid evaluations for inverters, switch gears, transformers and other equipment as required. 


Working at Volvo Energy is different 
Welcome to a close-knit team! 

We see ourselves as a fast fast-paced company within the Volvo Group, supported by our many great colleagues, we have the best of both worlds! We believe that work should be fun, stimulating, challenging and rewarding, but also have a meaning and a purpose to the individual. Trust and Results are two guiding principles for how we work together, and we are here to make a difference!    

We will be a fairly small team that will grow with the business and therefore look for colleagues that thoroughly enjoy this entrepreneurial challenge, can hit the ground running and lead with passion, perform with purpose and transform with vision. Moreover, it will be essential you have a strong ability to form trustful relationships to effectively work with partners - inside and outside of the Volvo Group – in a cross-functional manner.  

What are the qualifications likely required to be successful?
* You hold at least a bachelor’s within electric power, renewable engineering or related field. 
* Experience in similar branch (energy industry, not automotive) is of advantage.
* Practical experience with design of power systems for utility installations, photo-voltaic plants, or stationary battery energy storage systems is a plus. 
* Flexible and agile, with the ability to manage change. 
* Fluent in English


Ready for the next move?
Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today! 

If our entrepreneurial spirit, adaptability, and customer-focused mindset light your inner fire, we might be a great match! 
In addition to your CV, I look forward to reading your cover letter!


Feel free to contact me if you have further questions
Roeland Bisschop, Head of Product Development (acting), e-mail: roeland.bisschop@volvo.com

Last application date: 2024-10-09


Volvo Energy lives and leads the change in accelerating Volvo Group’s electrification journey and driving circularity for a better tomorrow. We bring together people with who will work in a highly diverse, equal and inclusive global context with an entrepreneurial spirit where everyone is key and directly contributes to achieving our ambitions for wanted position: better for people – better for planet – better for business. Together – from individual success to collective significance!