Product Safety and Compliance Engineer at Volvo Energy

"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.

Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

Volvo Energy is our newest business area with the overarching purpose of supporting the Volvo Group’s transformation ambitions within electrification, sustainability, circularity, complete service offer, profitable growth and resilience. 

We are now looking for a Product Safety and Compliance Engineer to join our team.

Battery Optimization and Monitoring – Technology is a function within Volvo Energy that works with second life applications of vehicle battery packs, monitoring and data analytics, optimization of remaining useful life, battery safety and new offerings for stationary Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).

Working in very close cooperation with our colleagues from Volvo Group and especially Group Trucks Technology, we create new business offer opportunities as well as value propositions.

What are we looking for in this specific role?
We are currently seeking a Safety and Compliance Engineer to support our Product Development Teams on the standards and certifications required based on the project pipeline. In addition, you will take a lead on our fire safety efforts at the product and project levels. Close collaboration with various teams within Volvo is integral to this role, as the approvals we have for 1st life batteries has a significant impact on our BESS with 2nd life batteries. If you are passionate about safety, product regulatory, and circularity, we invite you to join our team and contribute to the advancement of sustainable energy solutions. 

Your starting point will be:
* Leading compliance and certification efforts and provide insights to the BESS Product Development team.
* Perform, review, and manage other resources in performing product safety analyses for compliance to CE and UL product safety standards. 
* Ongoing consulting and support regarding product and process CE marking and UL certification, as well as practical matters such as risk assessments for site installations and information sharing with first responders. 
* Engage in and monitor the development of future standards by actively participating in technical committees.


Working at Volvo Energy is different
Welcome to a close-knit team! 

We see ourselves as a fast-paced company within the Volvo Group, supported by our many great colleagues, we have the best of both worlds! We believe that work should be fun, stimulating, challenging and rewarding, but also have a meaning and a purpose to the individual. Trust and Results are two guiding principles for how we work together, and we are here to make a difference!    

We will be a fairly small team that will grow with the business and therefore look for colleagues that thoroughly enjoy this entrepreneurial challenge, can hit the ground running and lead with passion, perform with purpose and transform with vision. Moreover, it will be essential you have a strong ability to form trustful relationships to effectively work with partners - inside and outside of the Volvo Group – in a cross-functional manner.  

What are the qualifications likely required to be successful?
* Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering
* At least 5 years of working experience with system testing and compliance engineering, safety engineer/manager or similar role. 
* Hands-on experience in battery abuse testing, including planning and test execution on cell, module, pack and installation level is a strong advantage. 
* Significant knowledge of CE directives, especially RED, LVD and EMCD, as well as UL certification such as UL1973, UL9540. 
* Experience developing Risk and Hazard Mitigation Assessments and possess deep understanding of current and future fire safety requirements for BESS.
* Strong understanding of BESS system design and experience in the application of fire protection designs to achieve a comprehensive approach to fire prevention/protection. 
* Experience with functional safety management in accordance with IEC 61508 or ISO 26262 is a plus. 


Ready for the next move?
 Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today! 

In addition to your CV I look forward to reading your cover letter!

Feel free to contact me if you have further questions
Roeland Bisschop, Head of Product Development (acting), e-mail: roeland.bisschop@volvo.com

Last application date: 2024-10-09