Thermal Management System Performance Engineer

Who are we?


The Vehicle Motion & Energy Management Technology stream leads and develops complete vehicle motion-, energy- and thermal control solutions for Safe, Sustainable and Efficient transportation.​


Our technology scope is broad and involves advanced mechatronic systems related to motion and optimization of energy in our vehicles. ​


​​​​​Thermal Management is a department within Vehicle Technology responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining an optimized complete thermal management system. This is including cab climate and vehicle cooling & heating systems for ICE, BEV, and Fuel cell vehicles within the Volvo Group. We are responsible for the thermal management platform from cradle to grave, both Hardware and Software. The teams within thermal management are located in Gothenburg and Bangalore and have close cooperation with the sites Greensboro and Lyon. To succeed we need to understand the final customer needs and apply our knowledge to develop technical concepts and solutions that satisfy customer and business needs.


We are now looking for an experienced, self-driven System Performance Engineer to strengthen our team, Thermal Management Application SW. Our team is responsible for the design and development of the application SW, controlling the complete thermal management system, and the calibration and tuning of it. Meaning that we are responsible for Cab Climate and the Coolant loop functionality covering all sites and truck brands (among more) within the Volvo Group.


What will you do?


As a Cab Climate System Performance Engineer, you are the Integrator and the driver who develops and keeps together the Climate scope in a product update. Together with your team you secure that the Cab Climate feature and end user functions Cab Climate comfort, seat comfort, defrosting of windows and to achieve good cab air quality, will be delivered to the product. You will have the opportunity to collaborate a lot with the controller development teams, testing facilities, testing teams, workshops, and more.


In your daily work, you will be responsible:
To understand and keep yourself updated on our customers, their needs connected to Cab Climate Comfort.
To break down the customers’ needs and expectations to measurable requirements and document them, plan and perform the feature and functional verification and validation of the Climate system.
To lead and be part of testing and tuning activities for parameter settings for climate control regulator. Testing is done in rigs, truck on road or in wind tunnel or climate chamber.
To collaborate and give your inputs on HW and SW development within the department & handle complex balancing of contradictory engineering and customer requirements.
You will be an important member in an agile team, contributing to short term deliveries as well as long term strategies.

Who are we looking for?


We believe you are a person who is driven, business-oriented and innovative. You are interested to solve problems in a structured and effective way. You are a person with a genuine interest in technology as well as people. You are self-motivated by driving changes in a complex environment.


We also think you have:
An open mindset to learn & grow. Share your knowledge with others
Good networking skills on a local and global basis and you have an ability to understand and accept cultural differences
Good communication and presenting skills both in text and verbally (English)

Relevant Experience:
Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic or similar
Knowledge of Automotive Climate system
Experience of functional verification and system tuning/calibration
Knowledge in planning, performing, and analyzing results from rig or vehicle testing

Meritorious to have:
C or CE Truck Driving License

We Value Your Wellbeing


Volvo Group believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion and offers a safe environment to grow. Use your open mind and can-do attitude to help us steer our transportation solutions toward a more sustainable tomorrow.


About Volvo Group


Every day across the globe, our trucks, buses, engineers, construction equipment, and financial services make modern life possible.


We offer an ethical culture dedicated to caring about others and the world in which we live. We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient and sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions to leave it in better shape for the next generation.


Come, join us as we take our solutions into a new era and make modern life possible. Let's drive progress together.


Kindly note that due to GDPR, we will not accept applications via mail. Please use our career site.


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