Software Engineer i Göteborg

It's not about technology. It's about life.

At Volvo Cars, we’re on a mission to make people’s lives less complicated. We never start with technology and try to squeeze people in around it – we always design our cars around people, and we innovate to provide safe, sustainable and convenient mobility. Want to join us?

Software Engineer, Driving Experience

Your knowledge and leadership will make a difference. At Volvo Cars, we are always looking for world-class employees and leaders who strives for the best every day. 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.

What do we offer?
We have bold targets when it comes to customer satisfaction, innovation and change in the automotive industry and to make this happen, we need talented people on board. People with passion, energy, and a commitment to customer satisfaction. We have an opening for a software engineer with a data science scope at the Driving Experience department, which is a part of Complete Vehicle in the R&D organisation at Volvo Cars in Gothenburg. The Driving Experience department supports the strategic direction of “For life. Freedom to move in a Personal, Sustainable and Safe way.”. We organise competence in dynamic attributes such as vehicle dynamics, brake attributes, performance & drivability, road noise, wind noise, climate & cooling noise, solidity, operational sound quality, audio & ANC performance, interactive sound design and trimmed body acoustics & dynamics. In close collaboration with the design and release teams, we take responsibility for a great driving experience for our end users. To further increase our customer knowledge, we need to strengthen our competence and resources in data analytics.

What you´ll do?

You will be part of a Data team whose purpose is to lead, coordinate and support activities connected to data collection, data generation and data analysis to fulfil the overall goal of customer satisfaction for our different attributes. It is a central function providing data, tools and processes. One important task is to turn data into insights.

You will work closely together with attribute areas in the department such as Vehicle Dynamics, Noise Vibration and Harshness, and your work will have a big impact on the end customers experience of our products. You will be responsible to lead and shape our data and analytics capabilities to enable timely and advanced analysis that will help us drive customer satisfaction for our domain in Driving Experience, especially for NVH areas such as wind noise, cooling and climate noise and other areas which includes fluid dynamics.

Do you fit the profile?

We are looking for a person with experience both in the data analytic area and in the domain area of dynamic attributes such as wind noise, cooling and climate noise and other NVH areas. Knowledge and experience in CAE methods for aeroacoustics and NVH is an advantage.

To be successful, the final candidate needs to be open-minded, honest and have trust in people. You are a team player, comfortable working in flexible team constellations and in international contexts.

To fill this position, you must have an excellent ability to build connections and networks and a positive and courageous attitude with good communication and collaboration skills.

We see that you have experience in car product development, are fluent in English, written and spoken, and have a Master of Science in Engineering or similar.

Our department is mainly located in the Gothenburg headquarters, which will be your location.

How to learn more and apply

Does this sound like your new challenge?

Interviews will be held continuously, so please register your profile and attach your application as soon as possible, but no later than Sept 24, 2023.

Your application should include a CV and a Cover letter written in English. Please note that due to GDPR, applications via email will not be accepted.

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.