Volvo Cars Engineering Student Concept - Product & Quality - Gothenburg

We're creating our own future. So are you.
At Volvo Cars, we have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer experience, and we’re developing new technologies to lead in safety, autonomous driving and electrification. If you want to grow together with talented people who are creating a new automotive future, we have a job for you.


Who are we?
Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them.

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

Volvo Cars Engineering Student Concept- Product & Quality - Gothenburg

We are looking for students starting the second year of their master’s during fall 2020 to join our VESC program within Product & Quality (P&Q)!

Through VESC, we aim to establish a good foundation for a long-term relationship between Volvo Cars and students in various Master's Programmes. The concept will provide you as a student with a unique opportunity to experience and work in the very centre of the product development in the automotive industry. 

What we offer
VESC consists of summer work at P&Q for 4-10 weeks, during the summer period 2020. 
Your Master thesis will take place within the same department as the summer work and be performed during spring 2021. You will also have an individual mentor and support during the program.

You and your profile
In order to be eligible as a participant in the VESC program, you need to start your second year of your Master's Programme in fall 2020. In addition, you need to be fluent in English. Some positions will require a valid driver’s license.
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? As a student, you are crucial for our future and P&Q might be just the place for you to prosper!

We are looking for Master’s students studying in the following areas
•    Applied Mechanics
•    Automotive Engineering (PLM/PDM)
•    Mechanical Engineering (with interest in FEM)
•    Product and Production engineering
•    Product Development
•    Product data management
•    Software Engineering
•    Embedded Electronic System Design
•    Computer Science
•    Cognitive Science
•    Data Science and AI
•    Applied Physics / Mathematics 
•    Systems Control and Mechatronics
•    Electric Power Engineering
•    Design (Mechanical, Technical, Industrial)
•    Quality and Operations Management

On a personal level
We are looking for a variation of people who are curious, open minded and not afraid of taking initiatives. We think you are open and having the ability to listen to others and have good cooperation and communication skills. You enjoy working in collaborating teams as well as independently and you have a committed attitude to complete your assignments. You are analytic and like problem solving, the greater problem the greater mystery to solve. You have a passion for the things you do!

Application and contact 
We encourage you to submit your application in English as soon as possible, but no later than February 16th 2020. In your cover letter you are welcome to motivate if there is a unit that you are more interested in or a specific topic that you have in mind for your thesis work.
Note that interviews will be held continuously during spring and you will receive feedback on your application in the end of March at the latest!

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact Malin Westman, recruitment consultant at malin.westman@volvocars.cars.com.
Note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted.

Being a student at Volvo Cars: https://group.volvocars.com/careers/students