Junior Data Engineer

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future 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.

Can you engineer a brighter tomorrow? 
It’s crystal clear: the actions we take in the next few years will significantly impact our future. At Volvo Cars, we embrace change. We’re committed to transforming the automotive industry and leading in electrification. For this, we’re seeking out more creative minds to shape that future. Don’t miss this opportunity to create your tomorrow.  
Our manufacturing transformation revolves around optimizing production capabilities and expanding manufacturing capacity to address the increasing demand for our vehicles effectively. Our commitment to electrification, a drive for cost optimization, and a culture of people development, collaboration, and best practice sharing anchor this approach.   
The Volvo Data Vision of Powering innovation and every decision with trusted data. Our organizational data strategy drives our overall technology strategy (data mesh), how we govern, and our organizational operating model. We are working in manufacturing as a part of a whole, where the intention is to break down silos and build data and analytical products that are accessible and interoperable across Volvo Cars. 

Manufacturing Data and Analytics Hub 
The Data & Analytics organization in manufacturing is called Manufacturing Data and Analytics Hub, responsible for delivering data and analytical products that address business needs and support business objectives. 
Aligned to the Volvo Data Vision of, we have the vision of Manufacturing Data and Analytics Hub, Analytics shapes the future of manufacturing at Volvo Cars 

What you’ll do 
As a Data Engineer you will belong to the data team in the manufacturing data hub. The mission of the data team is to provide manufacturing-data fit for purpose for analytics and dashboarding both within manufacturing as well as to the rest of the company.  
Data Engineers plays a crucial role in ensuring that the manufacturing data is available and fit for purpose, accurate, consistent and secured in a way that complies with our set policies. 
You will collaborate and engage with the manufacturing community as well as with the digital community to ensure our data products are shipped and provided in a  
Collaborate with other engineers in the team to integrate the data into well-defined data products 
Create business- and enterprise-aligned data products based on our information models and rules to ensure the data products are fit for purpose.  
Communicate effectively to stakeholders to gather feedback, address concerns, and ensure alignment of development efforts with business needs.  

What you‘ll bring 
We think you have a bachelor's or master’s degree in information management, data science, computer science, or a related field.  
Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases, query authoring, as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.  
Ability to articulate data concepts to stakeholders at all levels and foster a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization 
Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.  
Strong analytical skills and problem-solving aptitude.  
Excellent communication and teamwork skills , strong ownership with a can-do mentality. 

Nice to have: 
Knowledge of / experience with data mesh concepts 
Prior experience within an automotive environment 
Experience with knowledge graphs and semantic modelling 
Experience with big data tools (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.) and data pipeline and workflow management tools. 
Most of all, you share our values and can see everyone's potential. Your warm personality and eagerness to collaborate will be welcomed by all of us! 

Want to know more? We hope so 
We invite you to apply in English by latest September 1st. Please apply through the provided link. Applications submitted via email will not be retained or taken into consideration. Once you receive a confirmation email from the system, your application will be acknowledged. 
If you have any inquiries, please reach out to the Hiring Manager, Bengt Ellison at bengt.ellison@volvocars.com or Lead Recruiter, Simona Popencu at simona.popencu@volvocars.com.  


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