Senior Design Engineer

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.

Safe Vehicle Automation - Together we make a difference.
Our unit Safe Vehicle Automation develops and delivers leading Safety and Autonomous Driving. We even control the vehicle’s 6 degrees of freedom of movement in the most energy efficient way, creating a rewarding and confident drive and ride experience.
Our purpose is to develop and deliver Vehicle Motion and Control, ADAS, Highway Pilot and Protective Safety.

Let's introduce ourselves
Would you like to become part of a team working within the future of our unit Safe Vehicle Automation (SVA), meaning Active & Protective Safety, Autonomous Drive and Vehicle Dynamics? Would you like to enable the Volvo Vision Freedom to move in Personal, Sustainable and Safe way?
If so, we have the opportunity for you!

The department 96200 consists of ~160 skilled engineers and we are responsible all the way from research and advanced engineering to implementation, verification and validation of current and future customer offers. Our products quality and customer response are also our responsibility.
Our ART (Agile Release Train) Protective Safety develops and integrates system and functionality into a complete product, encompassing SW, HW – ECU and peripheral sensors.
For Protective Safety, electronic sensors and ECUs detect, determine and activate different devices e.g. airbags and belts in case of an accident, and the system protects occupants inside the car and pedestrians outside in a crash situation.
In addition, our ART is also responsible for HP GNSS (High Performance Global Navigation Satellite System, which is one of the major contributors for enabling the Highway Pilot functionality.

What you will do
In our ART Protective Safety, we are now looking for an ambitious Senior SW Design Engineer. You will be a member in one of our Agile Scrum teams and dependent on your previous skills and experience, you will have the possibility to work with various SW Design Engineering features. The work also includes to lead and plan the work needed, as well as to report to management. Cooperation with other teams within the ART as well as other Engineering Departments/ARTs, Procurement, Production, testing facilities etc. is part of your daily work.
Different technical solutions are to be evaluated to secure that the vehicles meet our high safety standards., and you are also expected to contribute to our new architectural SW development for our ART Protective Safety in general. The team also have an overall responsibility for Integration and release management for domain crash control.

Main responsibilities:
* To plan, lead, and perform the needed SW design.
* Be responsible for developing, aligning and implementing relevant requirements with high focus on performance & robustness
* Leading technical reviews for the product, when needed.
* Alignment and reviews of system interfaces.
* Actively participate in reviews of DVMs (Design Validation Methods).

To be successful in this role we think you have:
* M.Sc or B.Sc in mathematics, mechatronics, electronics or physics.
* Work experience as senior engineer within SW development.
Experience in SW system design and SW requirements for High-performance computer systems.

It’s good if you’re driven with a positive mindset. Being a good team player who is interested in working within an agile context is essential. You should have a passion for technology, analysis, our products, and our customers. The ability to independently develop, plan, conduct, and follow up on work towards objectives is crucial. Excellent communication and cooperation skills are key to success. Additionally, we value curiosity and a continuous search for new knowledge.
Knowledge in release management is meritorious. Experience within automotive development and knowledge in System/Functional Safety (ISO26262) and Cyber Security are also highly valued.