Experienced Solution Engineer – Product Lifecyle Management (PLM) Core

Position Description
You will be part of an engaged and kind team in an international and multicultural environment and within a department developing our future IT solutions in the Virtual products lifecycle management area.
Are you interested in digitalization, the latest technology and an organization that cares about its employees? Do you want to work with a bunch of incredibly driven, passionate, and skilled people? Great! Volvo Group is now searching for an experienced Solution Engineer within the virtual lifecycle management domain.
Virtual Lifecycle Management solutions covers CAD, Virtual Product lifecycle management (PLM), Augmented and Virtual reality applications. The solutions are a key enabler to achieve engineering efficiency, virtual trust, and the digital twin capabilities across the Volvo Group.


THIS IS US, YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES
Volvo is driving several exciting transformation projects and initiatives to digitalize our business processes and leverage the value of data and become a fully data-driven company. We are Virtual Lifecycle Management Solution Centre working to increase efficiency through our current set of digital and IT solutions.
Our existing IT solutions comprises of a mix of varied technologies like Microsoft, Java, and Commercial Off the shelf (COTS) IT solutions and SaaS solutions from CAD and PLM vendors. We find ourselves on the cusp of a transformation with heavy investments to transform and modernize our overall IT architecture.
We are supporting the Volvo Group’s Digital ambitions to become a fully agile, data-driven company, and we are building the foundations for the virtual trust, supported by improved use of digital twins, i.e. the digital data representing a physical object as well as an improved digital thread, the integrated view of physical product digital data through its lifecycle.


Role Description Your Mission:


We look for a Solution Engineer in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) area
We are now looking for a solution engineer with passion for developing the IT solutions to meet the needs in the PLM area of the business going forward.
Since you are part of a global unit, with global responsibilities, you will need to actively cooperate with various stakeholders and navigate with ease in a multi-cultural environment.


Role mission & context
You as solution engineer will be part of an experienced team of architects, solution engineers and solution leaders.
You will be part of handling Group Trucks Virtual Lifecycle Management (VLM) solution, PLM Core portfolio. PLM portfolio handles the main systems that manages Product Lifecyle Management for the Volvo group. We have IT representation in Bangalore, Lyon, Gothenburg and Greensboro.
We have started a PLM journey, shaping Volvo’s new way of working within the PLM area. We are facing a very challenging and exciting period as we have a key role in the digitalization for Volvo Group.


Wanted Profile
As a Solution Engineer you will be part of an environment that embrace change and trust. You will be part of creating a good team spirit and a fun place to work that appeals others to join the team and by that the results will follow. You have proven experience in Product Development and or Product Lifecycle Management and are driven to improve the day-to-day experience for our PLM tool users.
You are used to communicate with different stakeholders in different levels in an organization since the delivery is touching the day-to-day operation on many levels
You will drive the dialogue to define the needed improvements down to requirements and will also be part of the delivery of the solution in both education, methods and support
You will be the PLM Core specialist the end users turn to for improvements and guidance in the PLM methods and tools
Engineering Mechanical engineering or similar is a merit
Experience of agile way of working is a strength.
Fluent in English

We can offer you:
An attractive working environment where you will get an opportunity to work together with highly skilled colleagues in a global environment
An opportunity to work with the core applications for the PLM tools
To work with exciting techniques and development practices in a complex technical environment
To grow your competence both within IT as well as the automotive domain
You will work in close collaboration with our customers/users, suppliers and development team

Together we are delivering cutting edge solutions and services which drive profitability and growth. You will be part of an organization where continues improvements and fulfillment of business value is vital. We are expected to deliver a state-of-the-art solution for a stable and effective Product and production development environment, to develop the solutions in order to increase the efficiency and collaboration for our stakeholders. We work closely together between the delivery teams within our Solution Center in a global environment.
Location will be Gothenburg, but for the right skilled candidate, other main Volvo Group Trucks R&D or manufacturing locations can be considered.


For more information please contact
Mikael Lundkvist, Delivery Manager Windchill Core & Virtual Manufacturing: +46 739 02 66 54
Andreas Bergstrand, Delivery Manager Windchill Core Gothenburg, +46 765 53 58 04
Sofie Nylander, HR Business Partner: +46 31 322 39 90


Union representatives for Swedish applicants:
Akademikerna – Therese Koggdal, +46 470 387855
Unionen - Jonas Ljungdahl, +46 31 3224985
Ledarna – Peter Svensson, +46 739 022687