Software Test 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.

About us
We are a new team of young people with high commitment and forward spirit.
Our mission is to develop and maintain a product to integrate applications on different runtime environments of the Vehicle Control Unit. The product will operate in a continuous integration context.
We are fully devoted to provide to all stakeholders deploying applications to the Vehicle Control Unit a fast feedback chain through a reliable and secure solution within Volvo Cars for increased innovation and speed.

We are now looking for an engineer with strong experience with software development. Capability of building a product, which runs a continuous integration chain supporting all software developers within the whole Volvo Cars.

From a tooling prospective, we use Jenkins, Git, Gerrit, Artifactory, Docker and custom Volvo Cars tools.

You and your skills
We believe you have good communication skills and ability to collaborate with different stakeholders. You enjoy great team play, are proactive, creative, driven, and willing to share knowledge and take responsibility. You are curious and like to solve problems. You are flexible and can handle multiple parallel tasks at the same time.

This assignment requires knowledge within:
* Python 3
* Linux competence
* Development in a CI system and software testing.

It’s also beneficial to be acquainted with C/C++ for a POSIX-like environment, Pytest, Ansible, Gitlab CI, shell scripting, CMake, GNU make, interfacing with REST APIs, Gerrit Code Review, Esxi (or other hypervisors), Gitlab.

Additional competence that is considered as meritorious is to have an understanding of Volvo Cars processes and tools, network experience (especially Ethernet), Test Frameworks (Robot Framework/vTest) and be able to work in an Agile Software Development ecosystem.

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position, please contact hiring manager, Martin Kruse at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Kristin Lövgren at [email protected]. Interviews will be held continuously so please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than 2020-02-09.
Please note that applications via email will not be approved.