Release Train Engineer Infotainment

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.

Who are we
Connected Experience is a unit within R&D which includes Connectivity Platform, Infotainment, Car Cloud and Remote Functions, Vehicle Data- & Diagnostics as well as HW and Mechatronics.

The ART Infotainment delivers in house developed SW in the infotainment domain (driver info, vehicle functions, navi, assistant, base tech etc).
Our mission is to provide a state of the art infotainment system based on Android and Google Automotive Services with frequent deliveries to keep us in the leading position.

What you will do
Your purpose as a RTE is to increase speed and flow within the ART together with Scrum Masters, RTE colleague and the ART management team.

You will be a member of the ART management / department management team for ART Infotainment and work both internally for the ART but also in close cooperation with the neighbouring ARTs within ConX.

You will drive to remove and escalate impediments, manage risks and help the ART to ensure delivered value.

In this role, you will manage and optimize the flow of value through the System teams along with establishing and communicating the annual rolling calendar for iterations and program increments (PI). You will organize, drive and facilitate the PI planning event.  You will also aggregate team PI objectives into Program PI objectives and publish these for visibility and transparency. You would assist with execution and feature/capability completion tracking as well as provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks. You will work with product and solution management, product owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment as well as report status and collaborate with the Solution Train Engineer (STE) and support related activities

Who are you?
To thrive in this position, we believe that you have a versatile background from working with software, tools and processes. You genuinely embrace teamwork and collaboration across teams and ARTs. It comes natural to you to communicate efficiently with several stakeholders to lead and implement changes. You have a positive attitude, are self-managed and proactive. You are flexible and eager to learn, with a growth and agile mindset. Further, you are well organized and thorough with documentation.

You would bring at least 5+ years of relevant work experience, preferably as a product owner for software or similar. You have software development experience, preferably in an agile environment. You would carry a BSc degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience.

You are committed to participate actively in the management team for the ART. You are fluent in English language both spoken and in writing. You have a business and end customer value understanding along with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Agile leadership.

You have an Inclusive, communicative, team oriented, customer focused mindset. You are curious and continuously searching for new knowledge. You are result driven and always looknig to develop yourself and new ways of working. You are self-motivated and pro-active. You have a hands-on approach to problems where you learn by doing.

What is also benefitical for you in this role, is if you also bring experience of development working in the automobile industry especially knowledge of Volvo Cars development process in general as well as the electrical development process.

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Warm welcome with your application by submitting your resume no later August 9th, 2021.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact mark.chan@volvocars.com. 
Please note that due to GDPR regulations applications submitted via email will not be accepted.