Quality Engineer - Battery Cell Integration Team

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 
At Electric Propulsion we constitute the core competence center in Northern Europe regarding Li-ion technology and automotive battery systems. We are responsible for future cell strategies and to support cell suppliers and material companies to develop tailormade cells for Volvo Cars, but also to find solutions for Polestar, Lotus, Lync&co, Zeekr and Geely. 

We are growing fast within the cell and cell integration area with a high possibility of influencing way of working and future technology. By bottom-up technical decisions, we ensure that your voice will be heard.

Cell Usage & Durability Group
We are an international team with a wide range of competencies, which in combination with cross-functional work, enables fast learning and growth. We have fun together not only at work, hopefully you want to try frisbee golf, go-kart or some other exciting activity at our next After Work! 

Work-life Balance is something that infuses Volvo Cars, one of our teammates describes it as good management with horizontal integration. What does work-life balance mean to you? Maybe it is to have a home-baked “fredagsfika” or the benefit of our family bond*, anyhow we will not make you disappointed in this area! 

We will challenge you and expect you to do the same to bring out the best from each one of us. Together we make real impact not only on the company aim, but also on the planet. Are you a Quality Engineer who shares our passion for Li-ion battery technology and are ready to contribute to a safer and more sustainable future? Then you should join our Cell Integration team, together we develop and deliver high-quality cells, cell modules, swelling pads and integrate them into the vehicle. 

What You’ll Do
In this role you will get the chance to be involved from the concept phase to the vehicle release. You will lead risk assessments, quality history, DFMEA, follow-up occurred issues during development and support system and process FMEA.

You will be the first point of contact for quality-related issues and lead weekly follow-up of occurred issues during the development phase at supplier plants, internal test facilities, supplier test facilities and VCC Manufacturing sites. You will also be a part of aftermarket activities such as root cause evaluations and product development activities with our suppliers. 

Let’s Dig into the Tech! 
We are divided into five focus areas, safety, durability, performance, design and integration. Each of these competence areas is responsible for cell and module delivery into our vehicles. The battery packs are designed and assembled in-house which requires a close relationship between the different design teams to ensure the vehicle requirements are fulfilled. We also have close contact with our cell suppliers and work in close cooperation with calibration, CAE and testing. 

For the future we collaborate closely with universities, establish a research team in California and we now have a joint venture with Northvolt.

Your Competence
We are looking for a Quality Engineer with experience of proactive quality such as FMEA, quality history and risk assessment. You have experience of root cause evaluation and techniques, 8D reports and lessons learned. Previous experience of supplier contact is beneficial. If you in addition have experience in cell production or cell development. Then it is star potential.  

To thrive in the role, you need to appreciate interaction with different stakeholders. We interact a lot with different internal and external stakeholders due to that the cell and cell quality is a key component. For us it is important that you enjoy sharing information and knowledge with your colleagues.

How to Apply and Connect
Decided that you want to dig in?

To apply, please register your profile via the link below, please note that due to GDPR we can’t handle applications via email. The application will be open until the 16th of January, but please don’t wait with your application, the process will be constantly ongoing. 

For questions regarding the positions please contact Hiring Manager Josefine Doverborn at josefine.doverborn@volvocars.com . For information regarding the recruitment process please contact Senior Recruiter sandra.viklund@volvocars.com .

*The Family Bond by Volvo Cars is our new all-gender, paid parental leave policy – with this, we give all Volvo Cars employees with at least one year's service 24 weeks of parental leave at 80 per cent of their base pay by default.