Test facility engineer - Propulsion Electronics lab Volvo Cars

Company description:

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.

Job description: Let's introduce ourselves

The Propulsion Electronics Lab is Volvo Cars’ center for testing electric machines, inverters, and power electronics. As we move into the future, we rely on state‑of‑the‑art methods to test and verify next‑generation electric machines, inverters and power electronics in a highly efficient and accurate way.

To meet upcoming challenges, we are expanding and enhancing our test facilities to secure the capability to test, verify, and validate electric machines, inverters, and power electronics. At the same time, we continuously develop our test methods to ensure we verify next‑generation cars effectively and correctly.

Do you want to contribute to making our test environment the best in the industry?Then the role as Test Facility Engineer within Propulsion Electronics Labs is the perfect opportunity for you.

What you'll do

As a Test facility engineer, you will play a central role in defining both functional and non-functional requirements including safety concepts and method development for our complex test environments as well as for our external testing. To do this, you will gather, analyze, and balance the needs from a wide range of stakeholders.

Your mission is to ensure that we build the right environments with the right capabilities to meet verification demands. You will also work on extending existing test capabilities and ensuring that new test environments are seamlessly integrated into our current software infrastructure.

Our test environment portfolio covers a broad spectrum of propulsion-related verification areas. Because of this, how you best contribute will depend on your competence and experience.

What you'll bring

You have excellent communication and presentation skills, enabling you to convey complex information clearly and effectively to a variety of stakeholders. You also demonstrate a strong ability to drive results, collaborate seamlessly across teams, and work independently when required, ensuring progress even in fast-moving and technically challenging environments.

• M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related technical field
• Previous experience working with test environment projects
• Experience in technical leadership
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Personality & Potential are Key

You are an curios team player, who possesses strong communication skills, but are also comfortable working independently. You have an analytical- and solution-based mindset, that empowers your ability to draw technical conclusions out of complex systems. You improve structure and process as a natural part of your work. You are cooperative by nature and bring out the best in others. You possess strong communications skills, a genuine interest in technology and are driven by constantly learning and improving, both yourself and your scope.