Software Architect-Active Safety and Vehicle Dynamics

Software Architect-Active Safety and Vehicle Dynamics

At Research & Development you will be a key contributor to the next generation outstanding luxury cars from Volvo. Together with other engineers around the world, you and your team will create innovative human-centric car technology that makes life less complicated and more enjoyable for people. Are you interested in design and connected car technology? Do you share our passion for people, the environment and our urge to create a superior driving experience? Research and Development is the place for you to prosper.

This position is within the Driver Support & Software Integration group. The group is responsible for two different areas: The first area is development of Driver Support functions, designed to help the driver during normal driving and during parking situations. The second area is software support for the entire Active Safety & Vehicle Dynamics Function department. The team in this area consists of roles like Software Architect, Software Leader, Configuration Manager and Software Quality Assurance Manager. We also have a sub-team, responsible for Software Integration.

As a Software Architect, you will work in all phases of the software development of Active Safety & Vehicle Dynamics functionality. You will be an expert and make high-level design choices and define technical standards, including software coding standards, tools, and platforms. As a Software Architect you will also be responsible for ensuring that the defined software architecture is optimal with regards to functional decomposition, system safety, available resources and testability.

Main responsibilities

* Make architecture design choices during development
* Recognize potential reuse of (parts of) software components
* Subdivide a complex application, into smaller, more manageable pieces
* Grasp the functions of each software component
* Understand the interactions and dependencies among software components
* Communicate the above concepts to developers
* Track and assure optimization of the software's resource utilization (e.g. memory usage, stack usage, execution time, and ROM need)
* Estimate future software resource need in coming projects

Required qualifications

* M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Computer Science (or equivalent)
* At least 8-10 years of work experience in software development
* Experience from programming in general and C/C++ programming in particular
* Experience from development in Matlab/Simulink, including code generation
* Experience from working with software optimisation
* PhD within Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Computer Science or similar is meritorious
* Experience of product development, preferably within the automotive industry is meritorious
* Experience of working with ISO 26262 and AUTOSAR will be an asset

Personal qualities

* Inclusive with a teamwork ability
* Costumer focused
* Analytical and structured
* Independent and self going with a high level of integrity
* Responsible and quality focused
* Willing and open to always improve yourself and the current ways of working

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired premium car brand". And we believe our global success will be driven by making life less complicated for people, while strengthening our commitment to safety, quality and the environment. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.

Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Nadja Bergman at +46 729 889828 or by e-mail nadja.bergman@randstad.se.
Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later then April 26th, 2015.