Engineering Manager i Stockholm

Your leadership will make a difference.

At Volvo Cars, we are always looking for world-class leaders who bring out the best in our people. If you want to be part of leading and inspiring our mission to change the automotive experience and make people’s lives less complicated, then we have the job for you.

As an Engineering Manager your main responsibility is to support your product team by ensuring they are constantly growing their engineering skills, while solving complex technical problems that deliver great value to our users. 

We also like this to happen while everyone has a fun and joyful time at work since we believe this is a key ingredient in a creative environment! In essence, we are looking for someone that's passionate about coaching and developing great engineering teams, facilitating good teamwork, while building fantastic products. 

As a software technology company we value leaders with a solid prior background in software development since we believe this allows you to effectively support and grow your team members in their field. 

What you’ll do

•    Lead and grow a team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, inspiring, feedback and hands-on personal career development.
•    Ensure through crips execution and experimentation that our of technical solutions meet the needs of our users quickly and accurately.
•    Be the voice of engineering in the product team leadership trio through a friendly and effective collaboration with your product- and UX counterparts.
•    Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and foster good engineering and organizational practices.
•    Help ensure that our solutions are scalable, sustainable, architecturally sound and technical debt is both incurred consciously and repaid in a reasonable time.
•    Be an active member of the cluster engineering leadership team and collaborate with other leaders across the organization.
•    Be based in either Stockholm, Gothenburg or Lund, but will occasionally travel to other Volvo Cars locations to meet with your colleagues there.

Who you are

•    A person that loves leading, develop, inspire and grow an engineering organisation, and have previous experience doing so.
•    Someone that possess a deep understanding of how to translate product and business goals into sound technical solutions, and can coach your team in doing the same.
•    Very knowledgeable and passionate about modern software development.
•    Prior to starting your technical leadership career you have had extensive experience working hands-on as a Software Engineer in an agile environment You enjoy collaborating with product and UX leaders to build amazing products.
•    You have empathy and understand that every individual and situation has their specific needs and can adapt your leadership style accordingly.
•    You fully embrace a growth mindset, and have the ability to inspire others to do the same.
•    You like to have fun at work and take great pride in making sure everyone always feel welcome and included.

How to learn more and apply

Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter via the link below, no later than August 14th, 2022. If you have any questions regarding the position or recruitment process you are welcome to contact hiring manager Sachin Surana via sachin.surana@volvocars.com or Senior Recruiter via rinor.alihajdaraj@volvocars.com.

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.