Functional Safety 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.

Help us shape the future of mobility
At Volvo Cars, we’re on an exciting journey to shape the future of mobility. We’re building direct relationships with customers, and aim to be a leader in new technology. By 2030, our entire fleet will be fully electric, all in line with our commitment to sustainable mobility. Join us and become a part of our vision for the future – a future that's both exciting and a catalyst for positive change. 

Who we are
Volvo Cars have created world-changing innovations since the first Volvo rolled off the production line in 1927. We have had our first-generation battery electric vehicles, the EX40 and EC40, in the market for the past three years, and we recently launched our second-generation battery electric vehicles, the EX90 and EX30. That´s not enough: we are also working on our third-generation electric vehicle platform, and we are committed to having one million electrified cars on the road by 2025!

What we offer
Our Power Electronics department is a pioneering business unit within Volvo Cars, responsible for designing & developing innovative products such as traction inverters, on-board chargers & DC/DC converters. We are constantly working to improve our power electronics products in terms of efficiency, power density, weight and cost with enhanced quality from one generation to the next. 

We have highly skilled team members in each technical domain of the Power Electronics systems including both hardware and software design.
Most importantly, we prioritize the safety of the customers when using our vehicles and we apply this fundamental requirement to all our product designs.  We are now looking for a functional safety (FuSa) engineer to join our team!

Functional Safety Engineer - What you’ll do
In this role as a functional safety engineer, you will be part of our conversion system team focusing mainly on the functional safety work products of DC/DC converters & AC/DC converters (known as onboard charger).

You will be responsible for:

* Creating and maintaining the project safety plan in alignment with project management and engineering teams according to Volvo Product Development System (VPDS)
* Analyse the incoming functional safety requirements 
* Perform the technical safety concept & FTA (fault tree analysis)
* Define the technical safety requirements that goes into HW & SW design
* Review & perform the FMEA & DFA (dependant failure analysis)
* Review & perform the HW metrics / FMEDA 
* Support our test engineers with the test case specification reviews for functional safety validation
* Review of safety verification & validation reports
* Prepare the Safety Case with all the relevant documentation
* Support the System & HW designers within & outside Power Electronics department related to FuSa design of power conversion products


What you’ll bring
To be successful in this role we believe you have background/ experience from:

* Bachelors degree within electrical engineering or equivalent working experience
* Working with all the relevant ISO 26262 parts which is must qualification to perform within this role
* Working with automotive systems up to ASIL C
* Working with automotive systems complete product development life cycle
* Strong first principles design approach in power electronics domain 
* Working with DC/DC, AC/DC or DC/AC converters 
* Working with cross functional teams & leading the functional safety discussions


How to learn more and apply
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter: Jim Svensson at jim.svensson@volvocars.com. We want your application at the latest 2024-12-12. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.