System owner for our future powertrain drivelines

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

We at Scania’s Powertrain Control System are looking at expanding our team of system owners to meet the future challenges in the automotive industry. The system owners has a central part in forming and developing future powetrains for all brands in the Traton group. We need to supply industry leading performance and functionality to keep our position as leader in the heavy-duty market. 

In order to stay ahead of the competition, we need to continuously improve our product, development environment, tools and methods to stay ahead of the competition. If you’re a driven engineer that want to be part of the automotive industry in our transformation, your next step in your career is with us!  

The team

In the Engine System SW group we deliver the complete software for the Engine and Aftertreatment Control, which is one of Scania’s most advanced real-time control system.

The group is responsible for the complete engine and aftertreatment management systems. This includes system ownership, configuration management, iteration lead and release management.

We coordinate many groups work with software development and calibration of the software. Currently, we face exciting challenges in delivering our control system to several companies in the Traton Group that are based in Sweden, Germany and the U.S. The improvements we are making to our systems have an extremely large positive impact on the global environment over the next few decades.

Our group consists of experienced and outgoing people, with different cultural and educational backgrounds, as we see strength in diversity. We prioritize personal development and having a positive balance between work and private life.

Your role

As a member of the system owner team, you are responsible for one or more of our control system variants. This means, among other things, having overall control over what is developed and delivered. Follow up that internal and external requirements is handled by the organization and oversees the system roadmap to meet future challenges and needs. As a system owner, you ensure that development of the system is carried out correctly and that the system can be described in an overall way for various stakeholders inside and outside Scania to enable production and service.

As this is a very comprehensive system for both hardware and software including wide interfaces, we work in very close collaboration with other groups and roles in engine and electrical system development.

The work is varied and stimulating and provides great opportunities for competence development, creates important experiences, product knowledge and provides a broad network within large parts of Scania. This guarantees very good future career opportunities both within and outside the powertrain control system domain.

Your profile

We are looking for an engineer with a Master of Science degree or with equivalent knowledge in embedded systems or engine control. You have good communication skills, are structured and self-sufficient. You are good at leading and following up technical work in a large organization in an international environment.

The  domain is technically complex and developed to the best performance and standards on the market. The systems in this domain are key to function, performance and environmental impact of our products and an engineering background or strong engineering interest is expected. 

You are fluent in both written and spoken English (Swedish is meriting). 

For more information, contact

Johan Karlsson, System Owner         08-553 541 24 

Thomas Colton, Manager                   08-553 506 18 


Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.