Software Quality Engineer

At Volvo Cars, we have an ambitious growth plan for connected functionality and autonomous driving.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

What you’ll do
At Volvo Cars, we have an ambitious growth plan for connected functionality and autonomous driving. We create safe products in a personal and sustainable manner with customer focus. We have set the goal to by the year 2025 have 50% of our software in-house developed. This goal emphasizes the need for a robust framework encompassing processes, methods, and tools for software product development, ensuring a consistent incorporation of built-in quality aspects throughout the development process.
We are now seeking a talented and experienced engineer to join us in the role of Software Quality Assurance (SWQA) engineer.

You will be responsible for supporting software development teams with how they develop and design the software product. Your contribution aims at making sure in-vehicle software, whether developed in-house or by any of our external suppliers, fulfills the quality criteria defined by our software development process. Those quality criteria reflect activities throughout the entire development lifecycle.
You will support the software development teams throughout the Volvo Cars Engineering division by engaging in diverse activities related to software quality, such as
•    Evaluation of external suppliers based on their development capabilities.
•    Provide training within software quality process work.
•    Software contract negotiations.
•    Software quality reviews.
•    Software work product reviews.
•    Coaching individuals in activities related to software quality assurance.
You will also
•    Develop, improve, and maintain software quality-related processes.
•    Develop, improve, and maintain software work product templates.
•    Drive a network of software quality assurance engineers.
•    Support in planning and scoping SPICE assessments and helping improve identified process gaps.

You will be a member of a software engineering team responsible for defining Volvo Cars' way of working when we develop, and quality assure software products and services in our cars. Our department delivers processes, methods, and tools within engineering disciplines like software engineering, product cyber security, and functional safety.

Want to know more? We hope so.
We’d love to receive and review your application. To apply, please register your profile at our career site and attach your application documents as soon as possible since recruitment is ongoing. 
Please note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted due to GDPR.  As we use our channels for recruitment, we respectfully but strictly decline to be contacted for any offer of recruitment assistance from external companies.

What you’ll bring
You possess a customer-centric approach, comprehending the needs of our external customers and anticipating future trends. Your valuable input plays a key role in shaping both short- and long-term strategies for built-in-quality software development.
By collaborating with the team's Product Owner, you actively contribute to the alignment of these strategies with the demands of internal and external customers.
You are skilled in teaching, guiding, and coaching design departments at all organizational levels on the usage of the appropriate work products, methods, and tools related to software development.
You bring with you:
•    Experience in the automotive development process.
•    Experience with and knowledge of
•    Various software development tools.
•    Software standards, e.g. ISO 12207 (Software Lifecycle processes) and Automotive SPICE, as well as ISO 26262.
•    A good understanding of various software engineering disciplines is essential. For instance, procurement/contracting of software, requirement management, software architecture design, software implementation, software integration, software testing, configuration management, software approval, as well as related software work products (e.g. specifications, design descriptions, development plans, and test reports).
•    Knowledge of Volvo Cars' specific routines of software such as procurement process, software review framework, and general software development is a merit.
As you will work across teams, a collaborative mindset is essential for this role. 
You own at least a BSc in a relevant area (mechatronics, computer science, engineering, etc.) or equivalent based on work experience. 
Most of all, you share our values and can see everyone's potential. Your warm personality and eagerness to collaborate will be welcomed by all of us!