User Researcher/UX Designer

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.

The mission of User Experience Centre, within Research & Development, is to elevate Volvo
Cars’ UX. We are responsible for delivering complete product UX value, providing
strategies, directions and conducting user research on various markets. By being progressive
in the VR/AR field we can rapidly enable a full experience test environment alongside our
driveable full-scale prototype cars..

What we offer
The User Experience Centre is central in Volvo Cars’ being a human-centric innovation
company. Here you will find the opportunity to play a significant role on the future journey
of that success. By joining us you will see how leveraging on the right tools, methods,
concept development and collaborations will strengthen the voice of our users into the multidimensional development of our products.

What you will do
UX design at Volvo Cars R&D is something unique. You will work with both physical and
digital UX for our products and services connected to it. You are an expert in how to
understand, visualize and communicate the needs of our consumers, who they are and how
they behave.
You and your team will do this in close collaboration with product owners, product strategy
and other development teams within Volvo Car Group. You will explore, frame and define
user needs and innovation opportunities.
By experience prototyping, whether using full-scale cars, Styrofoam or AR/VR, you will be
probing the user experience hypothesis. You will act as an evangelist for user centred design,
design thinking and user business value in an agile development setup.

Do you fit the profile?
You are an experienced UX Designer with research focus, with intense collaboration and
communication skills where meeting and creating trust with internal and external customers
is something that comes natural for you.
You have a Master’s Degree or equivalent, in cognitive science, user experience or
equivalent field of study and have more than 3 years of documented experience within the
UX field.
It is meritorious if you have documented work within design ethnographic practice.
Coming from an agile development environment and having start-up experience with
catalysed product development in a fast-paced environment will make you feel at home.

How to learn more and apply
If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the Hiring Manager:
Helena Ribberfors at [email protected]
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Pedram Yousefi at [email protected]
Kindly register your application as soon as possible but not later than 15/12-2019.
Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.