System Design Engineer Vehicle State and Lateral Control

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.

System Design Engineer Vehicle state and Lateral control
We need to strengthen our Vehicle state and Lateral control Team with a System Design Engineer. Vehicle state and Lateral control team is a part of the ART Vehicle Motion Control at department Vehicle Energy & Motion Control.
Vehicle Motion Controls aim is to control the vehicle in all 6 degrees of freedom by input from several sensor to control several actuators as propulsion, and chassis features. The organisation work from early research and advanced engineering projects to industrialization of the systems, in cross functional teams that covers all from feature definition, system design, software development to system and vehicle testing.
What you will do?
Vehicle State Estimation includes e.g. vehicle mass estimation, lateral speed estimation, road slope and road friction estimation. As a System Design Engineer you will describe how an electrical system shall be realized in a system solution that fulfils the technical, time and cost requirements. You will support and develop the functional safety and technical safety concepts and allocate requirements to respective functionalities. You will develop the system solution by using Elektra and System Weaver/Car Weaver.

Who are you?
We seek someone who is open minded and curious with a good ability to cooperate. You have to be self-driven and unafraid of seeking new ways to solve problems. You have good communication skills and we assume that you communicate fluently in English (speech and writing). Besides being customer focused, you have a strong analytical capability, is structured and organized in daily work. You bring experience from software and system development, have a holistic view and great systems thinking. You have 3-5 years of work experience in the relevant field and a master’s degree in engineering.

Required qualifications
* Experience from automotive software development
* Elektra and System Weaver/Car Weaver
* Experience in vehicle dynamics and signal processing
* Master of Science in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Control, Physics or similar Engineering
* Experience from agile way of working is meritorious
* Fluent in English (spoken and written)
* Driver license (level B)

Personal qualities
* Ambitious and driven
* Ability to put end customer in focus
* Result-oriented and make things happen
* A team-player with high communication skills
Structured with good ability to plan daily

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.

Location: Sweden, Gothenbur