Safety Engineer – Functional Safety for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles

Electrification of road transport is a key element in delivering the Green Deal, a carbon neutral Europe and ultimately a carbon neutral world. Using hydrogen as a carrier of green electricity to power electric trucks in long-haul operations is one important part of the puzzle, and a complement to battery electric vehicles and renewable fuels.


Who are we, your new colleagues?
We at Volvo Group Trucks Technology and Powertrain Strategic Development Department is responsible to make the transition from conventional powertrains to hydrogen technology-based ones. You get an opportunity to work together with highly skilled colleagues in an exciting, global environment which provides opportunities to develop both professionally and personally.


Do you want to join us on this journey? Together we will make Volvo Group he most desired and successful transport and infrastructure solution provider in the world!


Your new role:
As vehicles continue to evolve, so does the vehicle complexity. Despite this the vehicles are always expected to be safe and operate correctly, even under unintended use. Lack of safeguards can be expensive in terms of damage to vehicles and property and even dangerous for human users.
As safety engineer you play a vital role in secure that every step that we take in the design process is in line with functional safety requirements. Your focus will be fuel cell propulsion system with connected tank system and the interfaces to electromobility systems and platform. In this role you will work cross-functionally within our organization and have interaction points at GTT Electromobility and Powertrain organizations as well as at Volvo Penta and Volvo Construction Equipment.


Who are you?
As you will work with focus on building products for a sustainable future, we believe you should have passion to develop technologies aiming for environmentally friendly and safe products. We also think you have a positive mindset with ability to generate ideas and propose solutions for different challenges. We at The Volvo Group Trucks Technology belong to a global organization which means that team-work and cross functional abilities are success factors in everything we do, these are values we expect you to share with us.


Other criteria:
We are looking for an experienced engineer with experience in the automotive industry
We see that you have a M.Sc. in Engineering with documented experience of several years in the automotive area
Deep knowledge about Heavy Duty Vehicle Applications and well-established experience in all phases from concept, requirements, design, verification to validation and production. This including safety analyses and tools such as EUF, HARA, FSC, FSR, FMEA, ASIL as part of functional safety according to ISO26262

We are actively working to establish teams that will take maximum advantage of the strength inherent to differences in knowledge, experience, age, gender and nationality, among others. We find that well balanced work teams increase group dynamics, creativity and new approaches to solutions.


We hope to see you as part of our team, Welcome with your application today!


We would like to hear from you, do not hesitate to call us if you have any questions:
Per Hellberg, Hydrogen Safety Expert, Integration and Deployment, +46 739023550
Lena Jansson, Director Integration and Deployment, +739026730