System Safety Engineer at Battery Management System, Volvo Group

If you are a motivated person with a high interest in the latest technologies, join us and build the future of Volvo Trucks!


Who are we?


As a part of the Electromobility function, you will get the opportunity to bring your expertise to accelerate our journey and help create exciting next – generation technologies with a global reach.


Today electromobility is one of the main development areas within Volvo Group, with a mission to be in the forefront of environmentally friendly transport solutions for a more sustainable tomorrow. The importance of the work we do can be seen everyday across the globe where our trucks, buses, engineers, and construction equipment make modern life possible.


The Team


Today electromobility is growing rapidly and we are therefore looking for a System Engineer with a functional safety focus to join our Battery Management System team in the journey of creating innovative design and smart solutions for the electrical system in batteries. The team is working in a cross-functional setup where we have and share knowledge within areas of Functional safety, Cyber security, and Battery function design.


The role


In this role, you will work together with your colleagues to specify and develop complete battery design and functions. As a System Safety Engineer, you will be responsible for the system safety requirements and ISO 26262 compliancy within the Energy Storage System (ESS) department. Our high energy batteries are used in the heavy-duty electric vehicles, machines, and fuel cell systems. You will make sure that the battery system fulfils its requirements in compliance with ISO 26262 and drive the Functional Safety (FuSa) work within our department.


This role requires a broad understanding of functional safety, electrical architecture, which includes both 800 V traction voltage components and low voltage communications harnesses. You will be working closely with the hardware and software teams to make sure all standards are fulfilled.


Who are you? 


To be able to fully enjoy this position you should be ambitious, energetic, analytic, and communicative. For you, it comes naturally to have a structured way of working in a collaborative environment where it is easy for other engineers to participate and contribute to the development process.


As a person you are a team player, and a problem solver, who takes the initiative to drive things forward and make decisions. It is important that you are flexible and enjoy working in a changing environment with a lot of collaboration with people in different teams while discussing and developing design as well as testing.


To succeed in this role, you need
A bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, mechatronics or similar (equivalent experience is also adequate)
Minimum 5 years of experience in the automotive industry, preferably within electrification
Minimum two years of experience in Functional Safety, the ISO 26262 Standard, systemized way of working

Meritorious, if you have
Experience in high voltage battery systems
Experience in heavy duty trucks

Why Electromobility at Volvo Group Trucks Technology? 


Here, you will get an opportunity to work together with highly skilled colleagues in an exciting, global environment, which provides opportunities to develop both professionally and personally. Our daily work is performed in an international environment, allowing us to interact with highly committed colleagues from various cultures. We trust the individual and act as a team, stay close to the product and provide opportunities for professional and personal growth.


Do you want to be a part of this highly innovative environment of electrified vehicles? 


Are you curious and have some questions? Start the dialogue with us now!


Please contact;


Hiring Manager: Fredrik Fürst


Mail: fredrik.furst@volvo.com 


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