Product Owner System Safety @Electric Propulsion

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Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

Where you’ll belong
Electrical vehicles are the future and this position gives a great possibility to gain experience within the area of future automotive applications. Are you up for the challenge? 

You will be a member of the Electric Propulsion shared service team within our agile organization, the team supports both solutions and ART’s in Electric propulsion, with all system safety activities. You will have an interface with a variety of teams including electrical engineering and mechanical engineering as well as customers, suppliers and technical partners.

You will be a member of the extended Product Management team and we offer the possibility to grow and long-term development within a continuously growing area that have a bright and exciting future ahead and where you have a direct influence on customer satisfaction. We truly believe in people and that everyone possesses unique strengths that will bring out the best of Volvo Cars. 

Your Contribution
As Product Owner (PO) you will be working closely together with the shared service team, Team Manager and stakeholders in other ARTs to maximize the value for our customers. You will participate in different fora’s to identify system safety needs.

As PO you also own the tech in backlog, Vision and Roadmap for the team and keep the future horizon to identify upcoming enabler work and collaborate with System and Solution Architect to assist with the execution of enabling future Unique Selling Point (USP) functions connected to the System Safety Technical road map for Electric Propulsion. You should maximize the value-added work by owning and deciding upon priorities in the program backlog from a technical, time-to-market and business perspective.

You will contribute to the Shared Service system safety at Electric Propulsion by assisting with below: 

* Perform Technical safety concept, requirements, implementation and verification plan in V-model and secure that Electric Propulsion fulfills the ISO 26262 standard.
* Keep the holistic view over the electric drive lines Safety functions and facilitate the progress of implementation. 
* Perform safety verification and validation 
* Legal Technical work products required to release SW & HW Solutions to Production vehicles and Aftermarket.
* Support with technical expertise to external and internal stakeholders.


Personality is Key
You are passionate about the development of complex mechatronic systems within vehicle electrification, electronics and embedded systems. You are devoted to driving engineering challenges all the way from the business case and concept stage to mass production.

You are a natural initiator that commits to delivering the Team´s deliverables with high precision on quality. You are a team player that contributes and bring out the best from your fellow team members and work actively to increase your work network. 

Competence is Important
We see that you have at least a Bachler of Science in Electrical, Electronics, Controls Theory, Signals & Systems or Mechatronics. In addition, you have solid experience of software development within automotive, in specific from Function Safety project with ASIL D integrity. You have been part of writing safety documentation according to ISO 26262 (e.g. Safety Plan, Safety Analysis including FMEA, Safety Manual and Safety Case) and debugging/testing embedded software systems and automation.

You are comfortable with SCRUM/agile development and have experience from taking the lead, you are skilled in explaining or understanding complex solutions in English.

How to learn more and apply
If you have any additional questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Magnus Hedene via email magnus.hedene@volvocars.com . For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact sandra.viklund@volvocars.com.

To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via our system as soon as possible, but no later than 17 September 2021. Note that due to GDPR applications received via mail will not be accepted.