Job Description

Company description: "Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity. Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm." Job description:  Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.    What you will doVolvo Buses are working with multistage homologation and we are responsible for chassis homologation, and also in some cases the completed bus homologation. We are, however, one team working with both areas. You will:  •    Prepare and submitting documentation for regulatory approvals and publishing the new and updated certificates.•    Represent and coordinate within projects for new and existing products to meet all the statutory and mandatory requirements.•    Coordinate certification tests and evaluations with testing team, technical services, and type approval authorities.•    Be the subject matter expert for regulations, providing regulatory input and guidance to support projects and engineering teams.•    Monitor product changes to ensure compliance continuity.   Your future teamThe homologation/certification function is a team of around ten engineers that is part of Product and Project Management (PMM) within Global Bus Technology (GBT). The team is in Gothenburg, but we are collaborating with teams in Europe, Brazil and Mexico. We also interact directly with our bus body builder customers. Each person in the team has a specific area of responsibility but with a lot of collaboration within the team, and with other stakeholders.    Who are you? Working within Homologation requires diligence and an interest in regulations. This is in combination with a technical interest and background. We are a small team that collaborates a lot and you need to be a trustworthy collaborator, with good interpersonal and social skills. Being proficient in English is a must, but Spanish can be very useful in addition to English.     Our strategy emphasizes a “dare” aspect of our vision for creating a Winning Culture. For us at homologation this means, among other things, that we look for people with a doer attitude. If needed, you must be able to plan your work and deliver results independently.   Mandatory requirements.•    Minimum five (5) years of automotive and vehicle certification experience.•    Minimum bachelor’s degree in technology within relevant areas.•    Proficient in English, with working experiences from an international context.   The following experiences are meritorious.•    Knowledge of regulations related to complete vehicles, buses, or completed bus engineering.•    KOLA, VDA, VDB, CDM, CDS system experience.•    Project management experience.   What’s in it for you?We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:   •    As a new member, you will receive training in processes, systems, and tools. •    Shadow experienced team members to understand our work.•    The opportunity to gain experience and work with diverse evolving technologies and standards.•    Be part of dynamic and constantly engaging team in projects and discussions.•    Be part of regular team collaboration events, to be part of the team’s social context.   Ready for the next move?Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We cannot wait to hear from you. Apply today! Last application date is the 12th of May. We are continuously reviewing applications and scheduling interviews.   For further information please contact Hans Mathiasson, Manager Homologation, on +46 739 028 424, or hans.mathiasson@volvo.com.   We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.    Who we are and what we believe in We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.   Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.    At Volvo Buses you join one of the world’s leading providers of sustainable people transport solutions. What we do affects millions of people around the world: passengers, drivers, customers; in fact, entire cities and countries. This job gives you the opportunity to work with the future of people transportation and infrastructure. We have a strong culture of working together to help each other, sharing knowledge and experience. Together, we shape the world we want to live in.