Product Behaviour Developer - Function Architecture & Integration

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.

What do we offer?
At the department Product Validation and Functional Architecture, we are responsible for validation of end user value. Our team, Functional Architecture & Integration, coordinates function development throughout all product development phases and supports with function selection and integration. Do you enjoy working on complete vehicle level? Then the role Product Behaviour Developer is the place for you to prosper. 

You will get the chance to work in a diverse team with mixed engineering backgrounds, together with real-time 3D specialists and product integration architects we develop state-of-the-art tools for virtual product integration and validation. Your work will be appreciated by many parts of the organisation and will play an important role in the development of new products.

What you’ll do
You will be on the frontline when it comes to defining and simulating future functions. You will prototype, integrate and evaluate functionality of future products (cars). This includes working with preliminary and defined function logic and to suggest how different functions should work together. An important part of the work is to facilitate the deployment of this simulation-based way of working and to help colleagues define future functionality in the right way. 

You will integrate functions with each other and ensure that also the combined behaviour is delivering a flawless user experience. Practically, this means you will be out a lot in the organisation helping departments define and describe their functions in SysML, mainly by using statecharts. Given this input you will then bring these statecharts to life through C++ programming. 

In order to best answer the many questions that arise during early product development, you will have access to a wide array of evaluation equipment, ranging from regular computers to full scale driving simulators and virtual reality. 

Who are you?
Some of us are watching car reviews at breakfast, this is not a requirement, but you should be passionate about consumer products and cars! We work with innovation, the next generation products, and in early product development it is often important to be problem oriented (rather than solution oriented). Therefore, it is important that you find it easy to think in different abstraction levels, such as being able to describe the abilities of a product without mentioning any of its implementation.

Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering
•    Experience from object-oriented programming, preferably C++ 
•    Proven understanding of state machines.
•    Knowledge in how to systematically go from user needs to a final product. Could mean having studied product development at university or having worked with systems engineering as a function owner, system architect or similar.

With our current setup it will be easier for you to contribute if you have previous experience from Rational Rhapsody Developer and function development with UML/SysML. In your prototyping, practical knowledge within control theory, mechatronics, UX and system safety will be very useful. If you as a hobby enjoy building gadgets or program apps, you will feel right at home in this role. 

The only way to succeed in this is to have a strong and inclusive team, where all of us are helpful and cooperative. Just as important as it is to be creative and skilled, is the ability to get things done on time and with quality. Only finished work has the chance of becoming innovations. Therefore, we need you to be organised and accountable. 

How to Apply and Connect    
Is this you? Do not wait with your application! We will start the recruitment process immediately. 
To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below, please note that due to GDPR we can’t handle applications via email. We welcome your application by December 13, 2020 at the latest.

Please attach your university grades if you have less than 5 years working experience.

For questions regarding the position please contact Hiring Manager Rasmus Gyllén at [email protected] or Product Owner Mikael Westerdahl at [email protected]. For information regarding the recruitment process please contact [email protected].