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.

At Manufacturing Engineering, you are part of a global production team that makes sure that the cars we build meet the highest expectations from our customers. In close collaboration with colleagues in other business units, we develop and implement flexible and efficient production systems with people in focus. If you want to reach your personal goals together with other people, Manufacturing Engineering is the place to be.

We offer you an exciting opportunity in an international and growing company with a great culture and great development opportunities. You will have the opportunity and responsibility to actively contribute to the growth of our business through people. Come join us!

Commodity Manufacturing Engineering at Volvo Car Group prepares and implements quality assured flexible and effective production systems in the plants globally. At Manufacturing Engineering, you are part of a group working close to all our elements within the chain of developing- construction- manufacturing and containing process.

What you’ll do

Within Manufacturing Engineering, we are now looking for a Commodity Manufacturing Engineer who will coordinate the cross technical product and manufacturing work. You will represent Manufacturing during the preparation and implementation phase within Propulsion Components, with global strategic responsibility. It is also within your role to ensure product and process feedback to Research and Development (R&D) in order to fulfil the manufacturing attributes: quality, assembly time, cost efficiency, environment, change over and flexibility.

At Commodity Manufacturing Engineering you are the owner of manufacturing method over time by developing, defining and preparing each system the whole life cycle. This means you are responsible for verification of solutions, both virtual and physical, and you will always look for commonality between our plants.

What you’ll bring

We are looking for a committed, positive, and proactive Engineer who is enthusiastic about cars. The right candidate is an analytical and target-oriented person with an open-minded attitude. Thanks to your good communication skills you have the ability to create positive and trustful relationships. You have a holistic perspective and have a good understanding of what compromises to make.

Your background is a Bachelor degree within production or similar. You have knowledge about 6 Sigma and Lean Production as well as good understanding of the software we are using, e.g. Teamcenter. You are fluent in English language. Swedish language is a merit.

We are looking for a candidate with previous experience from production processes and product development, possibly from automotive. Verification methods, Software knowledge, vehicle control systems as well experience within automation assembly is meritorious. In addition, your personality will be of outmost importance. Position is located in Gothenburg.

 “Dare to be curious, dare to be different, dare to think differently, and dare to make a difference!”

Want to know more? We hope so

We’d love to receive and review your application. If you want more information about the role and its responsibilities or simply learn a bit more about the team, please reach out to the hiring manager at johan.nordkvist@volvocars.com or the recruiter at ayla.kutlay@volvocars.com.

To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than June 28, 2023. We will not accept applications via e-mail.
Please not that the process will be running continuously.