Group Design Leader - Seat Tophat

Let's introduce ourselves

Seat department´s purpose is to provide the Volvo Cars customer a unique premium seating experience as well as a world leading interior safety system. We deliver to new car projects and to current running production. We lead the development from concept development to industrialization of complete seats into the vehicle, balanced to vehicle needs. Our diverse department consists of approximately 100 people with different competences and backgrounds, located in Gothenburg and Shanghai. We work in close cooperation with our suppliers, internal customers, and several different car projects.

As a Group Design Leader, you will be part of the Seat Tophat team. The team is responsible to secure the development of components within your area of expertise (foam, plastics, metal bracket etc) from concept to industrialization. You will have the privilege to collaborate closely with other high qualified product engineers, design engineers and project leaders. You will work with various attributes and departments within VCC and suppliers to ensure we have correct engineering input. We are looking for a person that know the automotive industry (preferably seat knowledge) that has the right mindset and wants to develop within seating area.
 

What you'll do

•    Lead the component design and development task within a cross-functional team according to time, technology, quality, and costs. 
•    Together with supplier optimize the component to fulfil all requirements to make the design work as intended. 
•    Participate in and contribute to cross-functional meetings to share and get feedback on your component.
•    Contact with design, purchasing, other R&D members and suppliers to agree of common goals, requirements, time and targets. 
•    Ensure that the technical documentation (specifications) is available at the right level and at the right time. 

Competence is Important 
•    B.Sc degree in Mechanical or equivalent qualifications.
•    Experience from the automotive industry and product development processes
•    Documented experience from seat development at OEM or supplier 
•    Good computer skills and easy to learn new systems. We use a lot of Volvo unique systems.
•    Fluent English (written & verbal) 
•    Driver’s license (B) would be meritorious. 
 

Personality and potential are key

•    Structured way of working, and good documentation skills. 
•    Positive attitude. 
•    Self-driven, result oriented and flexible
•    Ability to lead technical discussions
•    Good in planning and cooperation
•    Communicative and a great team player.  
•    You need to be self-motivated and always strive for future development and challenges