Scrum Master / Developer - Electric Drive

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
The Electric Drive Software Department at Volvo Cars is proud of being one of the most successful players within SW development for Electric Vehicles. We are responsible for delivering system solutions and SW functionality for the Inverters in our electrified vehicles. Our vision is to deliver the best and most innovative functions to the market and continuously evolve our Software platform.

Electrical vehicles are the future and this position gives you a great possibility to gain experience within the area of future automotive applications. Are you up for the challenge? Then the role as Senior SW Function Developer within the Operation Mode Team is the place for you to prosper. 

We are an agile team consisting of enthusiastic people with a mix of gender, ages and nationalities. We focus on collaboration and communication within the group and it is good cohesion between the group members. New members always get a warm welcome, support and acceptance.

We offer the possibility to grow and develop within an area that offers 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.

Your Contribution
You will be a servant leader, coaching the team using agile team practices with a focus on flow, and take lead in continuous improvements. You will help the team to embrace, adopt and apply agile principles and practices, you will support the agile ways of working like SAFe, Scrum, Kanban. You will assist the execution, feature/capability completion tracking and report status. Your goal is to see to that the team operates and delivers as an effective “team on the train”. 

You will be part of the Operation Mode team, we develop functions from initial concept, design, implementation, test and verification to assure that the customer gets as much value as possible from it. We also secure and develop manual and automated tests based on requirements, as well as non-functional tests, which are performed on MIL, SIL, HIL, dyno-rig and vehicle at different ambient conditions as well as hot and cold climate expeditions.

You will work closely with the team, Product Owners and with line management. You will be supporting the Product Owner in her efforts to manage the backlog with respect to priorities and scope. You will facilitate all team meetings like the daily stand-up, iteration-planning, demo and retrospective. You will also collaborate with other Scrum Masters to learn and improve your profession.

Competence is Important
We see that you have a Master at least a Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Electronics, Controls Theory, Signals & Systems, Mechatronics or Power Electronics. You have a track record of leading projects and/or teams to success. You are fluent in English and holds a Driver’s license.

You have a couple of year experience from one or more of the below relevant fields:

• Embedded SW, integration of microcontrollers and model bases SW development  
• CI from automotive powertrain background
• Debugging/testing embedded software systems and automation 
• Integration of embedded SW and scripting for automated integration testing

Personality is Key
You are passionate about the development of complex mechatronic systems within vehicle electrification, electronics and embedded systems. You are devoted to driving engineering challenges from business case and concept stage to mass production.

You possess leadership skills and are a natural initiator that commits to delivering the Team´s deliverables with high precision on quality. You are a team player that contributes and bring out the best from your fellow team members and work actively to increase your work network. 

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible, but no later than 2021-06-29. Please note that due to GDPR applications via email will not be approved.

If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Andreas Andersson by email andreas.andersson.3@volvocars.com . If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter sandra.viklund@volvocars.com .