Studio Engineer User Experience Illumination

Volvo Cars

Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine what it means to own a vehicle during a time of rapid change in the transport industry. Volvo Cars is looking to redefine all aspects of the car ecosystem. User Experience as a discipline is a key part of Volvo Cars' strategy and the UX organization gathers insights about our users, and redefines and elevates their experience of Volvo's products and services.

We are now seeking a Studio Engineer - User Experience Design (Illumination) to join the design operations team within the UX Organization at Volvo Cars headquarters in Gothenburg. 
Light up the User Experience!
We use light in order to keep the user safe and secured, to guide and support, but also to build our brand. With light we bring our products to life and we create their personalities. This is done by advanced light choreography throughout the user journey to satisfy and impress the users in each interaction with the vehicle.

If you are creative, have a lot of energy, engagement, passion for cars and interact easily with people, enjoy working in a team, and are not afraid to be in an environment that changes daily because we are always looking for an even better solution, this is the place for you.

Studio engineering at Design is a group of people that have an engineering background whose main task is to support designers and surface modellers with technical issues.

The lighting system of the vehicle is broad and complex. The ownership of the various lights are spread out through the organisation and in order to choreograph the lights we need to give input to the various electronic devices in the architecture and software. Networking and dialogues with stakeholders are of great importance.

The UX Illumination Studio Engineer will work to implement the Illumination choreography throughout the R&D organisation. To do this, you need to stay updated on the prerequisites of the various architectures that we build our cars on, and also participate and put requirements in the development of future platforms to support our long-term ideas and strategies. Your job is to provide the knowledge about technical and legal limitations and possibilities to the design team and participate in the creative work, developing new features and solutions.

In the implementation phase your job is to identify the stakeholders at R&D and communicate our design intent.

What you will do
* Participate in the development of new electronic platforms to secure future functionality according to Design strategies.
* Stay updated on the technical prerequisites of current platforms.
* Investigate and stay updated on legal limitations and possibilities.
* Network with R&D and suppliers.
* Together with Technical experts Initiate advanced engineering studies to meet Design intention.
* Support technical experts with the development of processes, methods & tools within area of expertise.
* Challenge and drive new technical solutions to support Design intention withing Design and R&D. 


The UX Organization is growing and has several roles in the pipeline, including user experience designer roles focused on illumination. If you would like to stay in contact about this as well as future positions, you are welcome to create your career account at Volvo Cars so we can contact you about future roles. Be sure to indicate that you are interested in being contacted about other positions AND that you make your profile available to all Volvo Cars recruiters in your country/region so we can share it with relevant hiring managers.
We look forward to receiving your application!

What you will do
* Participate in the development of new electronic platforms to secure future functionality according to Design strategies.
* Stay updated on the technical prerequisites of current platforms.
* Investigate and stay updated on legal limitations and possibilities.
* Network with R&D and suppliers.
* Together with Technical experts Initiate advanced engineering studies to meet Design intention.
* Support technical experts with the development of processes, methods & tools within area of expertise.
* Challenge and drive new technical solutions to support Design intention withing Design and R&D

Qualifications:
* Technical BSc in Engineering or equivalent based on experience.
* Ability to present technical issues / solutions for top management.
* Ability to understand and communicate the Design intention.
* Very good written and spoken English.


Experience with 3D-modelling and product development work within the automotive industry is meritorious