Technical Architect within Electric Propulsion - Software Factory

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.

Volvo Cars is growing and we are facing an interesting future in the electrification of vehicles. If you want to utilize state of the art methods to contribute to the software development of the next generation electrified luxury cars, the role as our new Technical Architect is the role for you to prosper in!

Who we are
We are a group of highly talented and curious engineers with a wide spectrum of skills, having software development as our core. Our work makes hundreds of software engineers more productive.

Our ART is part of  Electric Propulsion organization.  We are responsible for the software management, software tool chain, virtual test environments and test automation for Charging, Traction Battery and Electric Drive software. Our  goal is to build a state of the art Software Factory where software components from all around the world are fed into it, quickly integrated and passing through a release flow that assures quality with high delivery rate to ECUs.  

What you will do
You will lead the design of Electric Propulsion’s Software Factory. The Software Factory will be the heart for producing and deploying control software into electric cars in the upcoming 10 years. The input of the Software Factory is software components (.c code) and a schema defining what test cases and test environments to be activated in the factory for each run. The output is calibrated binary files, test results and auto-generated documentation. 

In this job you will work together with experts in different areas and propose an architecture that is stable, scalable, modular, and efficient. You will realize the architecture by breaking it down to concrete features that can be assigned to development teams and have a very close collaboration with other software ARTs developing control software.

Qualifications:

•    B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent 
•    Strong software engineering foundations and a desire to apply those skills toward making other engineers more productive
•    Strong, defensible opinions on what constitutes a great developer experience
•    Excellent communication skills 
•    High driving power
•    Excellent experience with CI/CD
•    Experience with containerization and/or virtualization 
•    Good understanding of Git/Gerrit and its workflows
•    Knowledge of Jenkins or other build integration tools
•    You are fluent in English, written and spoken

Experience from some of the below would be considered meritorious:

•    Embedded software development
•    Configuration management software
•    Software release, especially at Volvo Cars
•    Python
•    Simulink
•    Database systems such as SQL
•    CAN and Automotive Ethernet communications
•    Experience with HIL systems and real-time simulation 
•    Experience from Volvo Cars processes and ways of working

Competence and skills are important, but personality is key
You are passionate about your work and enjoy working in a cross-functional environment. You navigate in a large company with ease and are used to collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders.

How to apply and connect
For questions about the position please contact Team Manager, Martin Gustafsson by e-mail martin.gustafsson@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Lotta Ericsson at lotta.ericsson@volvocars.com. We want your application at the latest June 13th, 2021. Please note that applications via email will not be approved, due to GDPR.

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