Product Architect – Advanced Vehicle Engineering

Product Architect – Advanced Vehicle Engineering
Do you want to develop the future competitive trucks to ensure the transport and energy efficiency for our customers and the society?


We are now looking for a new colleague, as Product Architect leading the development of our future vehicles, to join our team of experienced and motivated people.


This is us, your new colleagues
Advanced Engineering & Vehicle Concepts is organized within Vehicle Engineering at Volvo Group Trucks Technology. We are responsible of preparing future trucks and transport solutions for all brands and markets by managing and driving Advanced Engineering at Vehicle Engineering & Vehicle Technology. We are open-minded and performance-oriented and honor to deliver tangible results. You will in this position report to the Advanced Vehicle Engineering Portfolio Owner.


Who are you?
We think that you are an engineer experienced working with complete commercial vehicle development and Transport Efficiency with a deep understanding of customer needs and the society’s expectations of the transport industry. Now you would like to capture the opportunity to use your skills to develop Volvos future product offer.
We believe you love to identify possibilities to overcome technical obstacles by create & visualize concepts, further develop the solutions to achieve the optimal vehicle configuration and assist in having the vehicles built and tested.
You like to analyze and to aggregate complex tasks and are comfortable in making clear technical recommendations. In situations of uncertainties and ambiguity you look for solutions. If needed, you can be persistent in accomplishing objectives despite obstacles and setbacks.


We think you are an organized person with direction setting ability and by that capable to make suitable compromises in order to reach the expected results over time. You are also able to take fast actions when needed to ensure progress in execution.


In return, you get the opportunity to work with the leading edge of vehicle & transport development.


The role – what do we offer?
As Product Architect – Advanced Vehicle Engineering you will be responsible to drive selected strategic complete vehicle development and/or system development as well as transport Efficiency from analysis and scoping to handover of technical solutions for a product stream project in early phase. These vehicles will ensure future legislation fulfilment, Unique Selling Points, Vehicle Lifetime Productivity, features, transport efficiency, logistic systems, circular business models, infrastructure, intermodal logistics systems, services, connectivity, software, HMI etc.


What we expect from you
You have extensive truck product knowledge within the areas of:
Truck vehicle architecture and system integration.
Customer operation in heavy haulage, Long haul and Construction segment.
Configuration of vehicle and vehicle combinations.
System- development incl. integration in vehicle.
Advanced Engineering Field Test – selection of suitable operators for the actual technology, technical specialist support for ongoing AE Field test´s incl. co-operation with internal and external Volvo workshops.
Environmental impact understanding.
You prepare and participate in activities for analysis on system and complete vehicle level.
You have good communication skills.



It’s a bonus if you also have
Complete vehicle combination – optimized configuration vs customer needs (TCO, VLP).
Hydraulic system development for optimization of distributed driveline.
Financial planning and follow up experience, Score & Business Warehouse knowledge and a big network within AB Volvo.
Experience in trucks part of a sustainable logistic system.



Qualifications
Engineering education or equivalent product development experience of heavy trucks.
Experience of the heavy trucks product development.



Curious and want to know more about the role? Please contact me!
Johan Lindqvist, Group Manager and Portfolio Owner, phone +46 31 3227922


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