Senior CAE or Software Engineer, in-house Complete Vehicle simulation tool

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.

Our challenge
Volvo Cars and the rest of the automotive industry are facing a big and exciting challenge regarding the focus shift from conventional vehicles and private owning, to electrification, digitalization, automation and mobility-as-a-service. Volvo Cars has decided to be one of the leaders within Energy Efficiency. To approach this, we need to develop our methods, IT solutions and virtual models. One key application in our process is our in-house complete vehicle simulation tool, VSim.

Are you used to work with simulation and virtual development and determined to drive for energy efficiency in our new cars? Then the role as Senior CAE or Software Engineer in our Vehicle Energy Efficiency team is the place for you to prosper! You will belong to the department Sustainability Centre and be part of a highly focused development team for our simulation platform Vsim, contributing to both strategic and operational questions concerning one of Volvo’s simulation platforms. 

VSim is a MATLAB/Simulink based application for energy flows in the complete vehicle, that is fully in-house developed. The scrum team developing VSim has the responsibility for the architecture, code base, interfaces and model integration. The team collaborates closely with other virtual environments and model developing groups all around Volvo. Do you want to be a part of building up this?

Our purpose is to build high confidence, usage friendly interfaces and make the VSim platform useful for as many users as possible.  This is the first priority for 1D simulation for e.g. support our strategical teams with development of methods to optimize vehicle energy efficiency and power. 

What you’ll do 
You will make important contributions to our VSim platform and to the agile team. Your role will be to conduct among other things; object-oriented programming, model development, verification and validation of models, designing graphical Interfaces, and analysis and implementation of control algorithms for new technology.  Maybe most important, you will be one of the drivers for a Sustainable future for Volvo Cars. If you want to work in a stimulating environment with the topics of the future, this is an opportunity for you!

You and Your Skills
We see that you have at least a Master of Science in Computer Science, Engineering Physics or similar. You are proficient in programming using Python, Java, C++ or similar. You have excellent skills in MATLAB and Simulink. You also have knowledge in SQL databases and Automotive systems.

You are highly motivated, creative and curious, with a strong analytical, scientific and strategic mind-set. You are able to take initiatives on your own, you see the overall picture and logical patterns, but are also able to go into a detailed analysis of things.

If you have prior working experience with data science and data analysis it is considered beneficial as well as basic knowledge in development of simulation environments or test methods.

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible, but no later than 2021-03-12. Please note that due to GDPR applications via email will not be approved.

If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager Jonas Henningsson by email at [email protected]. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter [email protected].