Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager to Autocom in Trollhättan
About Us
Welcome to Autocom - a pioneer in vehicle diagnostics! With a team of around 120 people, we cover the entire process from initial product development to sales. Our driving force is to continuously improve our processes and products to ensure we deliver what our customers need in their daily work.
About the Role
Autocom is expanding, and we are now looking for a dedicated and experienced Engineering Manager - someone who is genuinely interested in leading and inspiring developers and teams! Your primary responsibility will be to work closely with each individual to ensure their continuous development and well-being. We are looking for someone who can systematically evaluate performance and create tailored training and development plans so that each employee can grow in their role as a developer.In this role, both software and hardware developers will report directly to you, while you will report to the department manager. The developers are organized into agile teams, where you support them by ensuring they have the right resources and the best possible conditions for success. You will also work to foster a learning mindset and create an open atmosphere with room for both successes and failures.
As Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for:
Providing guidance and support to each employee, focusing on psychological safety.
Ensuring that all employees continuously develop and grow as developers.
Promoting a learning culture within the organization.
Building strong and healthy teams with an open atmosphere.
Working with health factors to support well-being and performance.
Systematically evaluating performance and driving continuous improvements

You will also assist and support the development teams by:
Practicing a supportive leadership mindset.
Ensuring the right people are in the teams.
Continuously improving the processes within the development organization.
Supporting the agile teams and Scrum Masters with problem identification and root cause analysis.
Working with team dynamics and motivation.
Removing impediments to team success.
Improving our workplace environment.

All of this is done in close collaboration with other Engineering Managers, the Department Manager and other valuable functions. Your ability to work data-driven and your experience in managing a flexible organization are highly valued.


A few words from Magnus Wik, hiring manager.
With more than 18 years at Autocom Magnus has big experience of Autocom as a company.
"The job is diversified and continuously give me new opportunities and challenges. The company also always prioritize the well-being of us workers and giving us tools to combine our work with our family life. That gives us the energy and commitment to do a good job and give back to the company. I think this is why we have so many skilled and engaged co-workers that stay at Autocom."


Who You Are
We are looking for someone with previous experience in similar roles who wants to continue growing with us.
Requirements
Strong interest and focus on people.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to coach and inspire individual developers and teams.
Deep knowledge of agile development processes.
Fluent in both Swedish and English, both verbal and written.

Personal Qualities
Empathetic Leader
Curious and an active listener.
Structured and Methodical.
Possesses and inspires a learning mindset in individuals and teams.
Contributes to an open atmosphere with room for ideas, opinions, attempts, and mistakes.
A positive energy and drive for continuous improvement in all areas of responsibility.

We value diversity to complement and strengthen our teams. We believe that different qualities, ages, backgrounds, and other differences help us create well-being and secure teams that work more effectively together.
We Offer
As an Engineering Manager at Autocom, you will work in a stimulating environment where you can influence and contribute to the development of people and teams. You will have access to benefits such as pension contributions according to collective agreements, competitive salaries, training, flexible working hours, wellness allowances, the opportunity to exercise during work hours for one hour per week, and the option to work remotely two days a week. We also encourage innovation by offering four hours a week for personal development.
Contact and Application
If you have any questions about the position, please contact:
Magnus Wik, Department Manager, +46 735-20 32 21
Karl Stolt, HR Manager, +46 520-49 91 19
Petra Borg, Unionen Representative, +46 520-49 91 17