Senior lead SW developer

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.

We imagine that our friends, families, and children are transported in a personal, sustainable and safe way. What we build is a self-driving, fully electric, connected and safe Volvo Car.    

To make that happen, we are now building a new platform. The brain in this platform will be a Core Computer with the capacity to carry a vast majority of electric control units and applications in the car. This new centralized signal system aims to enable optimized software architecture and continuous deployment for further development, as well as over the air data updates and real-time decision-making for autonomous drive.  

What we do?
The teams that you will collaborate with are responsible for some of the base functions for being able to drive our next generation’s electric cars. We develop the start function and usage management modes which ensures that there is always enough energy for prioritized functionality. Collaboration both within and outside our ART is crucial to make our work successful. We have dependencies towards a lot of forefront technologies areas such as autonomous drive, Over the Air update and electrification.

What will you do?
We look for an experienced software leader that can guide and support several cross functional developer teams that have end to end responsibility for product development in Volvo Cars new Core system Platform. You will safeguard that the teams have a common approach for software design and software architecture.

What do you need to fit for this job?
We believe you are a true software engineer who is motivated by challenging tasks in a complex and innovative environment. You have the interest in creating SW architecture and technical road maps. You enjoy explaining advanced programming concepts to junior developers, but also learning from others.  You are analytical and a problem-solver - aware of that there are multiple solutions for a problem. For this position, most of the development is in C++. +5 years’ experience with C++ is required and experience with Python and working in a Linux environment is considered a plus. It’s great if you have experience of software testing and CI, diagnostics and experience from communication buses, CAN/CAN-FD, Flexray. 

Finally, as we love cars, we hope that you have a driver license B so that you can experience the fantastic product you will be part of developing.
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Interest and application
For questions about the position, drop an email to recruiting team manager Emelie Normand, at emelie.normand@volvocars.com.  For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Catharina Skog at catharina.skog@volvocars.com. We want your application November 7th 2021 at the latest but selection will be running continuously.