Technical Specialist Complete Vehicle CFD

Technical Specialist Complete Vehicle CFD

At Research & Development you will be a key contributor to the next generation outstanding luxury cars from Volvo. Together with other engineers around the world, you and your team will create innovative human-centric car technology that makes life less complicated and more enjoyable for people. Are you interested in design and connected car technology? Do you share our passion for people, the environment and our urge to create a superior driving experience? Research and Development is the place for you to prosper.

As part of the Environment & Fluid Dynamics department our team of 16 people makes out the Contamination and Core CFD section where we have a long tradition of using CFD as a tool for the engineering and design process. We work with the following areas; contamination, climate comfort and aero acoustics but also support our sister sections Thermodynamics and Aerodynamics with analysis, method development and CFD know-how. The CFD part of the section is responsible for planning and performing CFD analysis in all phases of vehicle programs, both individually and in teams. We work together with system/attribute leaders, analysis engineers, stylists and designers to develop and verify our systems and components in our future vehicles.

As a Technical Expert within Complete Vehicle CFD, you will be responsible for the long term CFD strategy within the department and R&D to enable the 2020 vision and use of virtual CFD methods. An important part of your work is to contribute to the continuously improvement of our working processes and CFD methods. Furthermore, close cooperation with universities and participation in global research programs are an essential part of our long term development. As a Technical Expert some of your tasks will be to strengthen the product impact by means of CFD, lead the department CFD council as well as be a CFD mentor within the department.

Main responsibilities

* Lead the development of CAD cleaning tools and CFD software's for aero, thermo, contamination, climate comfort and aero acoustic attributes, and suggest actions/benchmarks when appropriate
* Owns the long term CFD strategy within the department and R&D
* Coordinate the department computational cluster capacity demand
* Coordinate input to the annual process, Basic Design and AE related issues for Complete Vehicle CFD
* Drive collaboration with external partners such as universities, governmental programs and other OEMS
* Drive utilization of cost and leadtime efficiency tasks
* Lead and support the department's method development projects to meet our future challenges. You will also be involved in planning and performing CFD analysis in all phases of vehicle programs

Required qualifications

* PhD or MSc in Fluid Dynamics
* At least 10 years of CFD experience within the functional area
* Experience from automotive CFD including at least two of the following attributes; Aerodynamics, thermodynamics, contamination, climate comfort and aero acoustics
* Extensive knowledge of CFD impact on product development
* Strong record of technical innovation/contribution/leadership resulting in implementation of CFD methods in product development
* Experience from the Automotive industry, or a genuine interest in cars
* Experience as a leader/project manager is meritorious
* Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Personal qualities

* High level of communication skills and teamwork
* Capability and willingness to teach/ coach/ mentor
* Ability to lead a team in the delivery of new method development
* Have a genuine interest in cars
* Customer focused
* Be involved and encourage others

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired premium car brand". And we believe our global success will be driven by making life less complicated for people, while strengthening our commitment to safety, quality and the environment. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.

Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Stina Sörensen at +46 729 88 94 47 by e-mail stina.sorensen@randstad.se.

Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than May 25th.