Volvo Cars

Senior Software Architect


PayCompetitive
LocationGothenburg/Vastra Gotaland County
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 72295

      Software: fuel for mobility

      We bring bold digital visions to life. So we’re on the lookout for more curious and creative engineers who want to create change – one line of high-quality code at a time. Our transformation isn't for everyone, but if you're excited about solving the leading-edge technological challenges facing the auto industry, then let’s talk about your next move.

      At Volvo Cars, we are making bold digital visions come true. We aim to lead in the automotive world by creating a digital ecosystem built around making our customer's lives less complicated. We’re moving towards becoming more of a software-developing company where our products give the drivers a car-experience that improves every day. Highlights of the areas in focus are Infotainment, Autonomous drive, and a core system optimized for electric cars. We seek curious, creative people who want to change the world through innovative thinking.

      About our R&D – Basetech test & Integration


      We have come to an important step in developing our new software-centric platform. Test and integration on the complete software and electronics system level are highly prioritized. The mission of our team is to bring integration-driven development and testing into product creation to continuously demonstrate that we deliver the best electrical system in the automotive world. We are also held responsible for securing a stable and robust electrical system for Volvo Car’s new SW and electronics platforms.


      We are now looking for a colleague who can help us bring it all together from SW development, to embedded SW integration in continuous integration and automatic testing flow to well-defined release candidates in-car products.

      Would you like to be part of Volvo Car Corporation from an SW and HW integration perspective?


      You are passionate about creating and balancing new ways to get everything configured with the right association. You have a passion for embedded software systems and large-scale embedded SW development organizations. You seek to continuously improve efficiency and drive the transformation to a digitalized way of working by moving from manual to automatic data-driven methods. Collaboration and networking come naturally to you as well as the goal that our software and electronics architecture and processes should enable our business. You are communicative and can use suitable value argumentation in dialogue with both product managers, and stakeholders and when empowering the test and integration developers.

      What you'll do


      As an Architect with a focus on continuous integration and testing. you will be part of a team that will drive the roadmap and improvements as well as implementation of new functionality in our CI flow as well as developing our test environment. You will be part of an agile CI team, as it is all dependent on each other to make sure it all fits together. The team will also be responsible for the correct requirements driven from an integration perspective into the DevOps (toolchain). The team is also accountable for continuous integration and test planning until the release candidate. Define a common technical and architectural vision and roadmap for the solution in terms of complete SW and electronics integration including frameworks. You follow configuration management processes and deliveries in the organization to adopt and bring in new innovations and make sure they create business value.

      What you'll bring

      • M.Sc. in Electrical and Software Engineering or similar relevant experience.
      • At least 10 years of experience working with automotive embedded software and hardware systems including software test and integration.
      • Software coding experience.
      • CANoe, CAPL, VT-System and HIL environment experience.
      • Experience with verification of software and software integration including hands-on experience.

      Personal qualities

      • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
      • Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
      • Ability to make sense of complex high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
      • Ability to create new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
      • Value-driven.
      • Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.
      • Actively seeking new ways to grow using both formal and informal development channels.

      Meritorious:

      • Working in an international environment
      • Driver’s license (B-level)

      Want to know more?


      We invite you to apply in English at your earliest convenience. Please apply through the provided link. Applications submitted via email will not be retained or taken into consideration. Once you receive a confirmation email from the system, your application will be acknowledged.


      If you have any inquiries, please reach out to the Hiring Manager, Anders Björklund at anders.bjorklund@volvocars.com or the Recruiter, Ayla Kutlay at ayla.kutlay@volvocars.com.

      Volvo Cars - Driving change together

      Volvo Cars’ success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with around 43,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your skills and aspirations, allowing you to reach your fullest potential.


      By 2025, we aim to sell 1.2 million cars annually, with 50 per cent being electric cars and sold directly to customers mainly through digital channels. Join us on this exciting journey as we pioneer the driving and electrification technologies of the future.

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  • About the company

      The company manufactures and markets sport utility vehicles, station wagons, hatchbacks, sedans and compact executive sedans.