Traction Inverter Test and Analysis engineer

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 commitment in electrification leads us to take the next step in the development of Electric Driveline Technology - Power Electronics.
At Volvo Cars, we are always looking for world-class engineers who bring out the best in our people. If you want to be part of leading and inspiring our mission to change the automotive experience and make people’s lives less complicated, then we have the job for you.

The Electric Driveline Department is part of the Vehicle Propulsion unit. The Electric Drive Agile Release Train (EDHW ART) deliver products with high quality and with a clear ownership, as part of the Department and the Electric Propulsion Product Stream. The EDHW ART develops Electric Drives system/components including El Machines and Inverters highly integrated into our Electric Vehicle Architectures. The Inverter Design team is a new product team, and a central part of the Electric Drive Agile Release Train, in which we build up our engineering ability to design inverter technology. For the Test and analysis position, we are looking for a person who has solid professional experience within power electronics HW development, preferably from test and verification.   

As a test and analysis engineer in the Inverter Design team you will be a central part of our power electronics development team for the Electric Driveline ensuring built in quality. Your particular focus will be on the test and verification of the inverter. This will include analysing test need, writing test specifications, contributing to our test environment build up, performing and documenting tests in our advanced HV testing lab and other relevant test environments to ensure our design fulfil our quality, performance and other attribute requirements. You will also be analysing faults and problem reports, discussing and reviewing electronics design as well as proposing solutions to problems together with our design engineers. You will also review our system requirements together with our system engineers from a verification point of view as well as continuously improving our test methods to improve both coverage and higher degree of automation.

Who are You
You have
* University degree within Electrical engineering /Power Electronics/systems engineering.
* Substantial industrial experience in power electronics testing / verification, preferably from Automotive applications.
* Understanding of complex product development process, working methods and project execution.
* High ability and a strong will to continuously learn and develop your skillset in Electric Drives technology/development.

You are
* Very comfortable to cooperate and communicate with people, both within the organization and with engineering partners.
* Great with oral, written and visual communication and presentation in English.
* Business oriented, flexible and performance driven with the courage to take decisions and be accountable.
* Team player who likes to collaborate with your colleagues and contribute to a good team spirit.
* Experience and training in Scrum/Agile/Scaled Agile work practices is a merit as Volvo Cars has transformed into Agile way of working.


You take responsibility also outside your own area. You contribute to team competence building.

What we offer
You will be a member of the Inverter design team and we offer the possibility to grow and long-term development within a rapidly growing area that have a bright and exciting future ahead and where you have a direct influence on customer satisfaction. We truly believe in people and that everyone possesses unique strengths that will bring out the best of Volvo. Are you up for the challenge?

How to learn more and apply?
In addition to a CV, we appreciate a personal letter promoting yourself touching on Who are you. If you have a preference of team areas, please add these as well. For questions about the position, please contact Lars Johansson, Team manager Electric Drive Concept team. lars.g.johansson@volvocars.com. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Catharina Skog, catharina.skog@volvocars.com. Note that we do not accept applications via e-mail. We expect your application at the latest May 9th, 2021. We are looking forward to hear from you!