System Engineer Traction Voltage System - Propulsion

Let us describe the challenge we offer
Polestar is blazing a new trail, dedicating ourselves to the development and refinement of electric vehicle performance. Your experience in System Design Propulsion would be invaluable to us both in concept work and when working with current designs for increased customer satisfaction.

If you are an innovative, open-minded person who believes that electrification is the future of the auto industry, we would like to hear from you.

This position is based at our HQ in Gothenburg, Sweden.

What you’ll do
Our System Design team is a part of the Polestar propulsion department, with a mission to deliver results which exceed the customers’ expectations. The team consists of system engineers, CAE engineers and system designers. The area of responsibility is system design of high voltage domain and software, including functional safety and cyber security, range and performance simulations, data analysis and propulsion roadmap.

Your responsibilities will be:

- Optimize the high voltage system components and design towards multiple objectives such as EMC, Isolation, DC ripples and other aspects
- Responsible for the complete delivery of high voltage systemization making sure isolation and DC ripple balance is achieved and that selection of capacitors within the systems are optimized towards the cable inductances and safety requirements at crash
- Roadmap for the high voltage systems
- Balancing of requirements within the high voltage system
- Investigate and evaluate different technical solutions
- Support and analysis of system level tests
- Support in the HW joint reviews of power electronics.


You will strive for achieving exceptional customer experience within propulsion system and you embrace collaboration to strive for the best product experience.

Who you are
You have a strong will to create the future of electric vehicles - it’s probably fair to call you an EV nerd passionate about solving climate changes. You are enthusiastic, motivated, well-organized and driven. You’re not afraid to try new approaches and out of the box methods. You have a holistic view, including vision, business, and customers. You are a fast learner and are not afraid of addressing tough challenges.

You are an experienced system engineer within TVS who is motivated by challenges and cooperate with others to reach common goals. You are communicative and collaborative with good motivational and planning skills. You are structured, methodical and analytical, as well as patient, flexible and pleasant.

To be successful in this role, we believe you have:

- MSc. or higher within Electrical Engineering or similar education
- Previous automotive experience
- Previous experience of Requirement handling
- Previous experience of EMC, ECE R100 and ECE R44/04 and other relevant standards for HV systems
- Knowledge about SFMEA and fault tree analysis
- Experience in Matlab Simulink/Simscape or LTspice is beneficial


At Polestar, you will be part of a cross-functional and international team, with English as a natural language for written and spoken communication.

Personal fit will be of great importance in this recruitment, as we are actively working to build a team with diverse experience, gender and background.

People at Polestar
We know that a change is needed. We also know that each one of us can help bring about that change. Our commitment to becoming climate-neutral by 2040 is just as important to us as being inclusive, diverse, and innovative. Together, we are creating, collaborating and experimenting to usher in a new era of sustainable mobility.

We are an electric performance brand, determined to improve the society we live in.

Is this you? If you are interested in joining the Polestar family, don't wait with submitting your application. We apply a continuous selection process and the job post will be open until the position is filled.

Are you ready for the journey? Which is electric by the way...