Senior Release Manager

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.

Working with the future at our part of R&D
At Complete Software & Electronics Integration we are integrating and testing the complete electrical system for new platforms and programs. We design rigs and we work with base technology integration, core systems application integration, software- and electronic domain integration all the way to complete software and electronics delivery, striving to maximize the test-value. We work with test strategies, enable continuous integration, and operate the complete baseline. We are expanding our SW factory community and have a responsibility across R&D to build our continuous build and configuration flow.  
The mission of our agile release train is to:
•    We bring integration driven development and test into product creation to continuously demonstrate that we deliver the best electrical system in the automotive world
•    We secure a capable stable and robust electrical system for SPA2 and beyond through continuous integration/verification/validation and deploy
•    We deliver a fit for purpose complete software baseline to the end user

Our department was established to take lead in the coming challenges with software test and integration on a complete level. The department is highly prioritized, and we are facing a new exciting stage.
We are now looking for a Senior Release Engineer to drive our software product releases for all baselines targeting customer release. We need you in our journey towards building a world class SW integration and test community. To succeed in this position, we believe you need to be strong in these areas:
•    Drive and structure
•    Software knowledge and understanding
•    Interested in knowing every part of the product
•    Networking  
What you will do, 
•    Lead release planning and release delivery across R&D to support daily tests
•    Delivery to manufacturing and after market 
•    Develop ways of working and optimize flow
•    Develop and deliver the new generation of Volvo Cars´
 As a Release Train Engineer (RTE), you will assist the teams in delivering value to the larger solution/system. Drive relentless improvement and contribute to drive change throughout the whole solution. You will also work to remove and escalate impediments, manage risk and help the ART to ensure delivered value. As you will work in an ART that supports and build the continuous integration/verification/validation and deploy flow for the entire R&D, it will give you the great opportunity to impact on the whole solution and build a large network throughout R&D. 
But you will also, 
•    Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART
•    Work with product and solution management, product owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
•    Together with the existing RTE and release train architect define the software integration flow

Do you fit this position? 
We believe that you have a passion for coaching teams working within embedded software systems and large-scale software development organizations. We think that you have extensive experience and interest in SW build and CI flow, working in an agile organization following DevOps practices and Scrum. 
We see that you have a B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in Electrical, Data or Physics Engineering or equivalent and that you have at least five years of experience acting in a leading position and more specifically leading larger product development assignments. You are a great communicator able to create visual communication and used to make presentations in English. A driver´s license is a must have. 
Questions? Want to apply?
Does this sound interesting and could be the next step in your career? Want to learn more and get to know us?
If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Gunilla Karlsson, gkarlss3@volvocars.com. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact divyashri.prakash.kartik@volvocars.com. Please note that we do not accept applications via e-mails.