Surface Material Engineers - Interior Engineering R&D

Surface Material Engineers - Interior Engineering

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.

Interior Engineering is the department within R&D focused on delivering world-class interior for our future cars. We are responsible for all phases of the development, i.e. annual work, advanced engineering, concept development, industrialization, current model quality and cost reduction. We work to a large extent in a cross-functional product development process together with Purchasing, Design, Manufacturing, Product Planning and of course the other development units within R&D.

We are now looking to strengthen our Surface Material group, where we develop all surface material in our cars. Together with Design, the developing teams and our suppliers, we are responsible to make sure that our materials are producible and fulfills all necessary testing. We work with all visible materials in our cars such as textile, leather, plastic grain, carpets and decos. We are now looking for new co-workers to extend our team. All surface material knowledge is of interest but mainly textile, leather, wood and aluminum. Together with other teams within our Volvo Cars organization, you will be developing our future materials.

Main responsibilities

* Delivery of materials and masters with correct appearance and haptic to our new car programs
* Contact with suppliers and system designers
* Making and keeping time plans of the deliveries
* Contact with Product Design
* Constantly work with developing our processes to be more efficient and World Class within your area

Required qualifications

* University Degree within Materials Technology or Textile Engineering, or equivalent work experience
* Experience working with leather as a material
* Knowledge working with wood as a material is meritorious
* A good colour sight/vision
* Fluent in English, written and spoken

Personal qualities

* Customer oriented and business focused
* Ability to work independently
* Very good communication and cooperation skills
* Structured and well planned
* Strong ability to build up and use your network

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 luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. 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 Stina Sörensen at +46 729 88 94 47 or by e-mail stina.sorensen@randstad.se. Note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted.

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 than June 19th, 2016.