High Voltage Senior Concept Design Engineer - Electrical Hardware

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?
One of the most important things is sustainability and We at Volvo Cars believe that electromobility is the way forward for our society. If you have the same passion as we for the vehicles and environment, you should really consider joining us in our journey.
Here at Volvo Cars Traction Battery you’ll play a key role, making sure that our cars meet future requirements at the same time as you contribute to exceed our customers’ expectations. As if that would not be exciting enough, you’ll gain a broad global network both within Volvo Cars and among our suppliers. Volvo Cars is a human-centric company not only for our customers but also for our employees and their families through the Family Bond programme, demonstrating and living our values.
https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars 


What you’ll do
As Senior Designer for electrical hardware you will be responsible for the geometrical design of the high and low voltage distribution system. The system includes busbars harnesses, fuses, contactors, EMC capacitors & ferrites, isolators, fasteners etc. Since you are working in an agile environment you will be doing this with our design engineers and technical task leaders giving you development not only technically but also developing your skills getting more T-shaped in other roles. In your work designing the battery compartment for build-to-print you will have support from the agile team including Scrum Master, Product Owner and Team Managers. The design is one of the most challenging areas within the vehicle working not only with properties such as packaging and installation but also with cooling, insulation/arcing, EMC, electrical and other properties.

You and your skills
We cannot emphasize enough to point out that this is a Senior engineer position!
To be suitable for this position you need more than 10 years’ experience of designing high voltage, high current electrical systems, and ingoing components, considering properties such as EMC, arcing, thermal runaway etc. You have gained your experience within the electrical vehicle industry developing with these components for trains, trams, cars, trucks, busses, or similar vehicles. You also need to have a mechatronic master university degree. The master’s degree may be compensated by a long experience (i.e. additional 6-10 years of relevant experience) within this specific design area. You have design experience from CAD-design in CATIA, NX or equivalent system and is used to work packaging work in difficult surroundings.
You have proven leadership skills and are custom building arguments for rhetorical situations with fact-based decision taking. If you are certified in Six Sigma and vehicle battery electrical design, we are even more impressed.

You will spend many hours in exciting discussions with different areas within Volvo Cars as well as suppliers. That’s why we believe that you have great communication skills and enjoys being in contact with a lot of people. With that said, there’s a lot to keep track of, which will be easy for you since you’re structured, organized and good with your priorities. This also contributes to you having an overall picture of the team deliveries.

You have good skills in English, both spoken and written and since we produce cars, we believe you have a Driver’s license even though it’s not a must.

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position, please contact Senior Manager Kjell Hävell, Battery Electrical Hardware at  kjell.havell@volvocars.com.
Questions regarding the recruitment process? Please contact Senior Recruiter, Kristin Lövgren at Kristin.lovgren@volvocars.com. You are welcome with your application at the latest 10th of May 2021 at the latest, but selection will be running continuously. Please note that applications via mail will not be approved.