Interior Design Opportunities

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.

We are ramping up at the design department at Volvo Cars. The current roles we are recruiting for are:
•    Interior Design manager 
•    Senior Interior Designer 

We are open to different levels of expertise and the position will be based on your knowledge and expertise. The Interior design department is responsible for delivering material from ideation all the way through the industrialization process, from concept all the way to serial production. We are working in an extremely complex environment, with the latest technology and challenging engineering demands. 

Your mission 
The role will require you to have a strategic mindset, to provide thoughtful, unique, and visionary designs supporting the Volvo brand values. The mission will be to develop the design from the ideational phase all the way to serial production. Mainly this will be through excellent execution of sketches and alias models. We expect you to be a proactive enthusiastic designer with experience in the automotive industry. You know the technical prerequisites of cars. Representing the Design department, you will attend meetings according to the requirements of the role. You will create, develop and implement the design to reach “Design Leadership” but you could also already be at this level. It is equally important that you are skillful in visual communication with sketches. 

Who are you 
You may be a senior in your current designer role but could also be a recent graduate from a well-recognized design university with some experience from the automotive industry looking to join for our exciting future ahead. As part of the design team at Volvo Cars, you are responsible for design deliverables for given tasks. You will contribute and support the design vision. It is important that you have excellent communication skills and could describe and communicate personal design ideas. It is important that you have a good sense of shape, sketch capability, and a structured way of working. Most likely you have experience working as a designer in new car projects or similar specialist areas. You are a talented sketcher and the best when it comes to ideation essential. Your mindset is important as well as collaborating well amongst others, encouraging and engaging team members. With an eye for details and a passion for cars, you will take part in designing the future in a rapidly changing industry. We see that you are a patient with a positive attitude, flexible, result-oriented as well as having the ability to understand and implement and improve the product development process.

To succeed, we believe that your background and skills include: 
•    Master or bachelor’s degree Design University or equivalent skills through experience
•    Experience of working as a designer (in new car project or specialist area)
•    Automotive industry experience
•    Knowledge of design process and what it takes to bring a car from sketch to reality
•    Skills within relevant required IT tools/applications (Photoshop, Maya, Blender, Alias, Keyshot, VRED)
•    Utilize all design skillsets to create quality proposals of your own
•    Concept modelling experience 
•    Good verbal and written skills in English.
•    Passion for research, and awareness of trends in the automotive field, sharing inspirations with the team.

Location
HQ Gothenburg, Sweden

Contact & Application
To be considered for these roles you must include your portfolio and apply via the link provided by March 14th, 2021. For questions regarding this role you are welcome to contact Senior Recruiter, Lena Patel at +46 708 864817