Product Owner - AD & ADAS Track Testing

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.

Where you’ll belong
We are looking for a Product Owner to join the AD/ADAS track testing team within the group Vehicle & Rig Testing at Hällered Proving Ground. 

Hällered Proving Ground is our test track located 70 km outside of Gothenburg close to Borås. With state-of-the-art test equipment we perform verification and validation activities to ensure durability, comfort, performance, reliability, and safety in our vehicles.  

The group Vehicle & Rig Testing consists of both engineers and technicians. We perform objective verification and validation activities according to customer requirements within the areas of driverless, AD (Autonomous Drive), ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System), V2X (Vehicle to everything) and chassis objective testing (Vehicle dynamics and Clearance). We are performing the activities both in rigs and on the test track. During the winter season we also support expeditions at tracks in southern Europe and north of Sweden.

What you will do
We are looking for a passionate Product Owner for our AD, ADAS and driverless teams to drive the technical strategy forward and the development of a world class AD/ADAS track testing environment for Volvo Cars. 

As Product Owner you will maximize value-added work by owning and deciding upon priorities in the team backlog from a business perspective to streamline execution for your testing and support teams. You will be responsible for syncing team dependencies with stakeholders, test requestors and HW/SW development teams.

You and your teams will together with relevant partners around the organization see to that we have state of the art equipment like driverless steering robots, self-propelling soft targets and V2X equipment in the work to develop new world leading vehicle functions. The area of AD & ADAS testing is very congested and growing and new functionality is developed continuously. 

You will raise the bar and form our long-term vision and strategy for the AD/ADAS track testing. You will define and drive the testing vision, strategy, objectives, and key results, encouraging other teams to follow. You will also participate and lead projects in close collaboration with customer, external partners, and universities in the development of new test methods and new equipment (investments). 

Your job location is at the test track Hällered Proving Ground outside Borås but you will also need to work some days at the office in Gothenburg with the network of stakeholders and test requesters. 

You and your skills
We see that you have an M.Sc. or is an experienced B.Sc. in Mechatronics, Electronics engineering, or similar education. You have experience from agile development methodologies, and you are Fluent in English, spoken and written. For this role you will also need a Swedish Driving license B. Experience as an AD/ADAS test engineer or function developer with good skills in electronics, control and automation is meritorious. 

Competence and experience are important, but personality and potential are key. We are looking for a talented, driven and highly motivated team player. You dare being bold with integrity and curiosity as guiding stars and have a relentless focus on customers. As a person you have positive and pro-active attitude and are user focused and passionate about solving problems. You are flexible, open to new ideas and always looking for ways to improve. Most likely you have implemented improvements within your past role with a forward way of thinking and enabling innovation. You have a sense for quality, holistic viewpoint and you are innovative value oriented, with an ability to inspire and motivate others in working towards a goal. 

Are you an excellent communicator, great at presenting, building relationship and a network with internal and external teams. Then please reach out or apply to this role to be part of our future success!

How to learn more and apply 
For questions about the position please contact Hiring Manager Daniel Lineberg at daniel.lineberg@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Maria Kihlgren at maria.kihlgren@volvocars.com. We will start the recruitment process immediately and we welcome your application by February 22, 2023 at the latest. Due to GDPR applications and CVs via email will not be accepted.