Equipment Engineer Press Line simulation- Olofström

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’s in it for you?
The Strategy & Concept group is part of Manufacturing Engineering (ME)organization. We have a wide responsibility area from Operational Development and Digital (OD/ Digital), Stamping die standard, Advanced Engineering, Structural Analysis (FEM), creating strategies for the future to Equipment engineering where we perform equipment projects and perform press line simulation. We are 10 employees in Sweden and 7 employees in China.

We are looking for a new team member that will work with press line simulations, in closely cooperation with Process engineers and Production Engineers. 
Are you looking for a position where you can develop your yourself, continue to build your technical skills, as well as building a network that includes people from many areas in the company? Then this might be the job for you!  

What you’ll do 
As a Mechanization/Simulation Engineer you will focus on the tooling design for part transfer and press line simulation of different stamping processes. The role will include a lot of collaboration with colleagues globally to exchange knowledge and align. Your main responsibility is to support process engineers to develop feasible processes that deliver efficient production. The simulation is the tool for a virtual and online commissioning that is the key for a successful introduction in production.

Other tasks is to design robot tooling for part transfer between presses and simulate the stamping process for Volvo stamping lines on a global level. Furthermore, you will participate in development work of the software & working procedures. Alongside all above you will work with identify, diagnose, report and support process engineers, die design engineers and production engineers in method planning work, performing swept volume creations and virtual collision detections. 

Do you fit the profile?
To thrive in this role you have a Bachelor of Science, preferable in Automation and mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or similar areas. Alongside with several years of work experience in press line simulation or equivalent areas. We assume that you are fluent, both written and spoken, in both Swedish and English. We also think that you have worked in the tool Process Simulate (Siemens), Catia (Assy, Part design) and have knowledge about robotics programming (PLC) i.e. read  and understand content in a program, have knowledge about how a robot functions. 

Alongside that you have knowledge in Mechanical design of Fixtures, Tooling Design, Onsite commissioning incl. debugging and is familiar with stamping process e.g. can distinguish the process content independently. If you have some years of Die design or review experience is this meritorious for the role. 

On a personal level 
You are a true team player, that sees benefits to work with people in different countries, organizations, with different skills etc. this give you energy and new insights. To build strong relationships, is something that is natural for you, having interpersonal skills, gaining trust by being honest and responsive. 

We believe that you are a person that rethink, is curious and active to learn more in your working area such as new digital tools, new working methods etc. One of your driving forces is to achieve results and fulfill your set targets alongside strive for an excellent performance in every task you do. Furthermore, you are a solution-oriented person that like to be ahead of things, prepared for different scenarios when they occur.

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position please contact, Senior Manager Strategy and Concept, Niklas Sonesson, at phone +46 73 333 16 74 or at mail niklas.sonesson@volvocars.com.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact, Sr. Recruiter, Camilla Andréasson, at email: camilla.andreasson@volvocars.com

Please apply no later than May 10-2021 Note that due to GDPR regulations, we have no ability to handle applications sent to us via email. Please apply digital and attach your application documents in the recruitment tool, thanks.