Group Manager Propulsion Mechanical Engineering to Polestar, Gothenburg

The Role

Polestar is blazing a new trail, dedicating ourselves to the development and refinement of electric vehicle performance. Your experience in Electric Vehicle Engineering would be invaluable to us both in concept work and when working with current designs for increased customer satisfaction.

If you are an innovative, open-minded person who believes that electrification is the future of the auto industry, we would like to hear from you.

Your contribution

Mechanical Engineering Team, a part of the Polestar Propulsion Department, is a team with a mission to deliver results which exceed the customers’ expectations. The team consists of technical experts, component owners, lead and design engineers. The area of responsibility stretches from high voltage components such as batteries, motors, inverts to vehicle integration and subframe development.

Your responsibilities will be

• Supporting and coaching team members to evolve and grow in their roles
• Support design work regarding Performance, Life Cycle, Efficiency, EMC, Thermal and Mechanical.
• System design and balancing requirements
• Input on technical solutions for concepts and running programs
• Technical sourcing of electric vehicle propulsion components
• Supplier and contractor evaluations

Essentially, keeping an eye on future electric vehicle propulsion will ensure that Polestar is striving for an exceptional customer experience within this area.

Who you are

You have a strong wish to create the future of electric vehicles – it’s probably fair to call you an EV nerd. You are enthusiastic, motivated, well-organized and driven. You are a prestigeless and team oriented leader who enjoys both strategic and operational assignments. You’re not afraid to try new approaches and unconventional methods, and you work well both individually and with leading teams. You have a holistic view, including vision, business, and customers.

At Polestar, you will be leading a cross-functional and international team, with English as a natural language for written and spoken communication.

Personal fit will be of great importance in this recruitment, as we are actively working to build a team with diverse experience, gender and background.

Polestar - the guiding star!

We are an electric performance brand, determined to improve the society we live in. Our focus is on uncompromised design and technology. Passion and emotion drive us, electricity and innovation drive our cars. Our products are excellent, efficient and entertaining. In Polestar’s future, there is no room for shortcuts, excuses or compromises. We are all in, dedicated on our ambition. Guiding our industry forward through pure, progressive, performance.

At Polestar, the sky is the limit.