Vehicle Function Owner (VFO)

TRATON is a group of strong brands with a shared mission: transforming transportation together to create the future of sustainable transport solutions. Within TRATON, we include MAN, Scania, Volkswagen Truck & Bus, and International. As part of a global team of industry experts, you get to think bigger, experience more, and reach further. Together, we have the power to transform transportation - Let's make a difference together. Find out more: www.traton.com Our values – customer first, respect, team spirit, responsibility, and elimination of waste – are at the heart of everything we do.

Role Summary This role is a part of TRATON Group R&D, located in Södertälje, Sweden. As a Vehicle Function Owner (VFO) within TRATON/Scania, you are responsible for the end-to-end ownership of a vehicle function throughout its lifecycle. You act as the central point of coordination, ensuring that the function delivers customer value, meets quality expectations, and is aligned across brands, systems, and stakeholders. The role combines technical ownership, product thinking, and cross-functional leadership. You work closely with architects, product owners, developers, testers, and suppliers to define, develop, and validate the function in a complex, global environment. Job Responsibilities Define, create, and maintain functional requirements based on customer needs, legal demands, and platform strategies. Prepare and maintain relevant technical documentation to support development, sourcing, and supplier collaboration. Define and drive the feature roadmap across brands within the TRATON Group. Align function scope, priorities, and deliveries across TRATON brands and with external suppliers. Drive and support development activities together with Product Owners and development teams (e.g. backlog alignment in Jira). Ensure verification and validation strategies, including test methods and coverage. Secure end-to-end quality by validating the function in both virtual environments and real vehicles. Ensure compliance with functional safety, cybersecurity, and regulatory requirements (i.e. TARA, HARA). Ensure end-to-end traceability across requirements, UX flows (e.g Figma), implementation, test cases and validation. Maintain and continuously improve map data, ensuring accuracy and long-term quality. Perform benchmarking and competitor analysis to understand market position and industry trends. Stay up to date with emerging technologies, innovations, and developments in navigation and infotainment. Act as the technical and functional reference point for your function across the organization.

Who You Are We believe you have experience in one or more of the following areas: Vehicle navigation systems (truck/bus segment) or infotainment. Embedded software or system development. Requirement engineering and system design. Software and hardware testing/verification. Understanding of software architecture and code.

You are comfortable working in a cross-functional and international setup, and you enjoy taking ownership, driving alignment, and ensuring high-quality delivery. You have an academic education at university level (Bachelor or Master) within Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, or a related technical field. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds – your unique experience and perspectives is valuable to us. This Is Us You will join a team focused on developing advanced infotainment solutions for next-generation vehicles, delivering features that directly shape the driver experience. The team owns and continuously evolves key in-vehicle functions such as navigation, media, and infotainment platform, combining software excellence with a deep understanding of the product. Working close to the vehicle, we ensure that every feature is robust, reliable, and truly valuable from a user perspective, with fast feedback between development and real-world usage. Our work spans across multiple systems and domains, requiring strong collaboration to deliver seamless and integrated functionality. Together, we play a key role in shaping modern, connected vehicles and redefining how customers interact with transport technology. Within TRATON Group R&D, you are an important part of something bigger. Joining us means gaining access to the ins and outs of the entire transportation industry. TRATON Offers We offer a dynamic, flexible workplace with hybrid work options, including Scania Sergel and Midway hubs. With a structured development plan and courses, TRATON Group R&D supports your career growth both locally and internationally. Benefits include wellness allowance, bonus, flexible hours, and company car leasing. We also host events for employees and their families, and Stockholm residents enjoy direct access to Södertälje via Scania Job express buses for an easy commute to Södertälje. Application We look forward to receiving your application, consisting of your CV and kindly ask you not to share a cover letter to ensure an efficient and unbiased recruitment process for all parties. Apply as soon as possible, no later than 2026-06-22. Screening will take place on an ongoing basis during the application period. Logical and personality tests may be used as part of the selection process, and a background check may be required for this role. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact: John Hult, Unit Head, john.hult@scania.com or Peter Juhlin-Dannfelt, Section Manager, peter.juhlin_dannfelt@scania.com We look forward to your application! This recruitment process is handled by Scania for TRATON Group R&D