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Everything we do starts with people. It’s what makes us different from all other car companies. If you share our belief in the power of people and our passion for human-centric innovation, you will thrive together with brilliant, like-minded colleagues who are committed to making a true difference?

We are looking for an Experienced Troubleshooter within Embedded Systems to join our team of senior troubleshooters within Core System Platform, which is part of R&D at Volvo Cars. You will play an important part in making the car ownership a great experience by reducing the time spent waiting to get customer support.

Our focus is to find root causes behind challenging software related issues that are found in our new car platform. This is a centralized in-vehicle compute cluster. It is designed to host vehicle applications, reaching from basic vehicle state machines to advanced active safety and autonomous drive features.

As a troubleshooter in this team you will need to be creative and open minded. We dive into new kinds of problems most every day and that can include both software and hardware issues. Understanding code is required but finding the right team and to network across an organization is often the key to progress. Being collaborative, humble and curious is important to be successful in this role.

You are a genuine problem solver with a positive and solution-oriented mind-set. Taking on new opportunities or trying things out is part of your DNA. You are a self-motivated individual and a responsible person with experience and great interest in troubleshooting.

There is a wide range of knowledge areas that are valuable to us and we appreciate a diversity of interests. Some of us are software engineers with experience from C/C++ in an embedded development context, while some of us like to be more involved in performing hands-on fault tracing in cars onsite. This is where your individual experience and curiosity come into play. You will influence your days at work based on those. What we have in common so far is engineering and that we are comfortable in working in and around code. Let’s describe a few more areas that you may have experience from.
 

You might have:

• good knowledge of an embedded OS or Linux / QNX / AUTOSAR
• good knowledge of debugging common software problems like segmentation faults, race conditions, thread safety, performance issues, memory consumption issues, etc.
• good knowledge of configuration / build environments like Jenkins, docker, vagrant or similar
• performed various testing with software or embedded electronics and enjoy making scripts to interact with systems

Qualifications

• Troubleshooting experience beyond debugging code
• Communication & Networking Skills – To be comfortable in interacting with people and finding the needed ways forward
• University degree in engineering or equivalent working experience
• At least five years of work experience

Meritorious

• Automotive experience
• Experience from working with CAN/LIN protocols
• Skills in network analysis with tcpdump / wireshark
• Skills in crashdump analysis with gdb
• Good knowledge of TCP/IP, working with networking / automotive protocols

We look forward to receiving and reviewing your application. For questions about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Ellinor Carlén at ellinor.carlen@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Katarina Wanderydz at katarina.wanderydz@volvocars.com 

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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.