Safety Architect within Power Electronics

Who are we?
Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 
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.

Safety Architect within Power Electronics 
Gothenburg, Sweden

Do you want to lead the change?
At Volvo Cars, we are always looking for world-class leaders who bring out the best in our people. If you want to be part of leading and inspiring our mission to change the automotive experience, then we have the job for you. We at Electric Drive is building an innovated and robust Software (SW) platform for the next generation of Volvo Cars vehicles. Our mission is to create a reliable, fast, and secure electric drive system to enable the next generation of state-of-the-art electric vehicles.

About us: 
The ART Electric Drive SW are building an innovated and robust SW platform for the next generation of electric vehicles. We are over 100 employees divided in to 12 Teams working in the SAFe Agile way, this to create the best Eclectic Drive Soft Ware (EDSW) design. You will be the Safety Architect belonging to the System Team with the overall responsible of the system design of the EDSW. 

Whats in it for you?
We truly believe in people and that everyone possesses unique strengths. We offer the possibility to grow and develop within an area that offer a very exciting future and you will have long term development opportunities in a continuously growing field, where you have a direct influence on customer satisfaction.  As Safety Architect, you will lead the development of general safety concepts for new projects. You will develop and maintain a tight collaboration with development engineers developing Safety Software (SSW).

What you will do:
Your duties involve developing requirements, allocation, and STD interpretation. You will support in the evaluation of vehicle hazards and related vehicle reaction, support in development of HARA, and take part in developing FSC on vehicle function level. You will be tasked with making sure that the requirements chain is consistent from vehicle level all the way to Product Capability (PC) and component level. You will evaluate input requirements and question and negotiate requirements levels (e.g. fault amplitude, FHRTI). 
You will lead in the development of TSC on PC level by breaking down input requirements and allocating  to HAR and SW (TSR input to component level). You will develop proper decompositions aligned with SW and Hardware (HW) design constraints, by ensuring that HW design is supporting the TSC and related decomposition strategy, and doing proof of concept of new designs and concepts. You will also support in the evaluation of SSW functions, fault tracing of SSW functions, and development of DVM.

Your Skills:
We believe that the right candidate has a M.Sc. degree in SW or Mechatronic engineering or similar, combined with +10 years of relevant work experience within System Engineering and Safety work for Electric Vehicle and System. You need to master oral, written, visual communication and presentation in English. A Driver`s license B or European equivalent is a prerequisite for this position. 

To be successful in this role, you will have a complete system understanding of Electric Propulsion, such as specific knowledge about Electric machines, inverters, and SW deployment. You should have worked with system design of software in a similar environment previously. You should have a deep understanding of ISO26262 and how to apply it to the system to reach the right requirement. You should be familiar with and able to develop and review TSC, SACA, PRSP, PRST and support SSJR analysis and related design review with suppliers.

Do you fit the profile?
You have the ability to work independently, to plan, drive, and your work towards objectives. You are also communitive and collaborative, with the ability to show courage and persevere in driving important changes. We see that you are structured, accurate and able to skillfully summarize and present information to different audiences in the organisation.

Curious? 
Does this sound like your new challenge? Apply by submitting your resume and cover letter in English via our recruiting system SuccessFactors by no later than the 11th July 2022. Please note that we do not accept applications through email due to GDPR. We recruit continuously and therefore advise you to send your application to us as soon as possible. For questions regarding the position, please contact Hiring Manager Matilda Tsambasopoulos: matilda.tsambasopoulos@volvocars.com and for questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Roza at roza.cizek@volvocars.com.