Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Skövde

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.

Manufacturing Engineering – let’s introduce ourselves  

At Manufacturing Engineering, you are part of a global production team that makes sure that the cars we build meet the highest expectations from our customers. In close collaboration with colleagues in other business units, we develop and implement flexible and efficient production systems with people in focus. If you want to reach your personal goals together with other people, Manufacturing Engineering is the place to be. 

We offer you an exciting opportunity in an international and growing company with a great culture and plenty of development opportunities. You will have the opportunity and responsibility to actively contribute to the growth of our business through people. Come join us! 

Central Manufacturing Engineering at Volvo Car Group prepares and implements quality assured flexible and effective production systems in the plants globally. At Manufacturing Engineering, you are part of a group working close to all our elements within the chain of developing- construction- manufacturing and containing process. 

What you’ll do  

Within Manufacturing Engineering, we are now looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who will lead the cross technical product and manufacturing work. You will represent Manufacturing during the preparation and implementation phase within Propulsion Components, with global strategic responsibility. You will collaborate and communicate with other stakeholders globally to align, learn and improve production solutions. It is also within your role to ensure product and process feedback to Research and Development (R&D) in order to fulfil the manufacturing attributes: quality, assembly time, cost efficiency, environment, change over and flexibility. 

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you are product and process responsible from manufacturing point of view and take full responsibility and ownership within the area​. You develop and verify lean, robust and ergonomic product and process solutions. 

What you’ll bring  

This position for you with several years of previous experience from production processes and product development, preferably from automotive. You have worked on equipment projects (project lead/installation/commissioning) and have experience with sourcing process (internal & external relations in sourcing). We are looking for a committed, positive and proactive Engineer who is enthusiastic about cars. You are target-oriented person with an open-minded attitude. Thanks to your advanced communication skills you have the ability to create good and trustful relationships. You have a holistic perspective and a good understanding of what compromises to make. 

You also have 
Bachelor’s degree within production or similar 
Experience with project/program management 
Knowledge about 6 Sigma and Lean Production 
Good understanding of Teamcenter 
Automated assembly knowledge 
Problems solving DMAIC knowledge 
Geometric assurance knowledge 
Concept design experience 
Process development (station/line level) 
Advanced English communication skills  

Position is currently based in Skövde, within a year base location will be transferred to Floby.  

Want to know more? 

We invite you to apply in English at your earliest convenience. We do not have a fixed end date for this advertisement as we are continuously looking for this competence. Please apply through the provided link. Applications submitted via email will not be retained or taken into consideration. Once you receive a confirmation email from the system, your application will be acknowledged. 
We are committed to keeping you informed during the entire process. If you have any inquiries, please reach out to Recruiter, Ayla Kutlay at ayla.kutlay@volvocars.com.