Test Facility Engineer at Volvo Cars

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.

Let's introduce ourselves

Propulsion & Climate Labs is Volvo Cars’ Centre for testing of propulsion systems, in complete vehicle as well as in component form. We operate and develop propulsion test facilities for vehicles, drivelines, electric motors, inverters, batteries, transmissions, as well as aerodynamic and climatic testing. Our work includes hardware- and software preparation of testing, test execution and processing of measurement data. We also develop and build new test facilities
To meet the future, we need to invest in state-of-the-art test environments and continuously develop our test methods to ensure that we test and verify next generation cars in an efficient and correct manner. Do you want to contribute to making our test environment the best in the business? Then the role as Test Facility Engineer at TEM (Transmission Electric Machine) test is for you!


What you'll do

You will be responsible for the systemization of the complete test environment for both HW and SW testing in Powertrain Lab. You will work with method development, develop the lab for future needs and leading concept work during early phases. Together with the Powertrain Labs teams and the developing organizations understand the requirement of the testbeds, both when it comes to data collection, accuracy needed for different test methods, capability, and legal requirement of today and for the future. Your target will be to make sure we build the right environment with the right capabilities to fulfill verification needs. You will also need to consider extending capabilities of existing test environments and how to fit new environments into an existing software infrastructure

What you'll bring

Qualification:
* We see that you have a M.Sc. or B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, or another related field.
* You have experience within validation and verification methods and knowledge in Physical Measurement techniques in electric machine.
* You are familiar with Test Automation system - both HW and SW is meritorious.
* Experience from building up lab environment would be highly valued.
* Experience from Automotive.

Who you are:
* You are comfortable making your own decisions and appreciate the freedom to take required actions on own initiative.
* You have a good portion of high-level thinking as well as hands-on attitude.
* You are a great communicator who easily build new relationships, persistent enough to get the answers you need in order to succeed.
* You never forget about the long-term goal, but are able to think outside-of-the-box to get there.