System Architect - Audio Systems

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.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

About us
We are part of an agile product development organisation with SAFE as a way of working and in our product, stream Connected Experience our purpose is to develop and deliver Infotainment, Connectivity and Cloud Platform, as well as a fantastic digital user experience.

We are proudly working with high quality technology such as Android Auto with our partners Google and Qualcomm. Volvo Cars has received widespread accolades from the international press during the unveiling and ongoing demonstrations of our connected infotainment system throughout the world. To support this exciting future, we are looking for an Architect to strengthen our team. You will work in a creative environment, constantly implementing new functionality, where we focus on both developing the product, team and the individual people.

What you’ll do 
As an Architect for audio systems, you will have a key role for Hardware and Mechatronics development within Connected Experience.  
You will have large functional network within Connected Experience but also outside our solution, e.g. SWEP, Base Product Development, Vehicle Top-hat. Design, Procurement, Product strategy, Manufacturing and Quality.

o    Define high level system design / architecture together with ART and Solution Architects and other stakeholders.
o    Support scrum teams with complex system design development, decisions and attribute balancing.
o    Work closely together and support the Product Owner.
o    Audio technical strategies and guidelines are set and anchored with relevant stakeholders.
o    Follow technology trends and evaluate maturity of future technical solutions.

What you‘ll bring 
o    Great experience of automotive electrical and mechanical design integration from relevant product area
o    5+ years of real-time software development experience, preferably in audio, speech, and SoC GPP - DSP architectural environments.
o    Network topologies, functional distribution and allocation.
o    Previous experience of architect roles and responsibilities
o    Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, computer or Mechatronics science (or similar)

As a person we think you are business minded and curious. You have a great communication skills and a holistic mind-set and you are motivated with an ability to understand, take own initiatives and a willingness to succeed. We hope you are innovative, cooperative, transparent and flexible, as well as quality and result oriented. To be successful in this position it’s great if you are comfortable to work with many parallel tasks at the same time.

Want to know more? We hope so 
Location for this position is Lindholmen, Gothenburg, Sweden. We will apply a continuous selection process and we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible. Please contact recruiting manager, Dennis Heltorp dennis.heltorp@volvocars.com, for any questions regarding this position, and for questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact senior recruiter Katarina Wanderydz at katarina.wanderydz@volvocars.com