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Mechanical Design Engineer - Seats Tophat

Let's create the future together.
 

At Volvo Cars, we believe that being curious and truly committed to understanding people is the key to future success. We are people who care about other people, working together to create new technologies and innovations for safe, sustainable, and convenient mobility. Want to join us?

 

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 competencies and backgrounds, located in Gothenburg and Shanghai. We work in close cooperation with our suppliers, internal customers, and several different car projects. 


As a Design Leader, you will be part of the Seat Tophat team. The team is responsible for designing the Tophat parts during the complete design process from concept development to industrialization by using guidelines, considering feasibility requirements, and the surrounding environment. You will have the privilege to work closely with the design engineers for tophat ingoing parts, GDLs, Integration Leader, manufacturing engineering, and suppliers. We are looking for a person who knows the routines as Design Leader, who can lead, plan, and guide the Design Engineering team within the Seat Tophat department to support new projects.

 

What you'll do

Lead, plan and support the Seat Tophat work in the early phases of the projects to industrialization

•    Lead Design meetings (team)
•    Create and distribute timing within Design Engineering team
•    Responsible for TI
•    Responsible for Team BOM-CAD
•    Responsible to review 3D and 2D (3DPMI) before releases
•    Responsible for concept investigations
•    Responsible to check so all requirements at part level is implemented in the design
•    Support Design Engineers
•    Support DR reviews 
•    Participate in Block meeting internal and external and align on priorities
•    Participate in development of technical solutions
•    Participate in cross-functional development teams


Competence is Important 
•    Technical education, minimum a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering/similar and/or 10+ years of automotive interior experience out of which 5+ years of seat development experience. 
•    Complete seat integration and development knowledge and experience is good to have
•    Knowledge of development of plastic, foam and metal is good to have
•    Understanding of assembly and component production
•    5 year´s of Catia V5 experience
•    TCe (Team centre) experience is an advantage
•    English, both in speech and writing
 

Personality and potential are key

•    Good in collaboration and communication
•    Strategic mindset
•    Manage complexity and ambiguity
•    Ensure ownership
•    Analytical capabilities
•    Result oriented and flexible
•    Structured way of working

 

Ready to Take the Next Step?

 

Please submit your application through our career page. Due to GDPR regulations, we’re unable to store or consider applications from other platforms. Make sure to submit your application in English. You are welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than 2024-12-31.

 

 

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.

Gothenburg, SE, 40531

Job requisition ID:  74857

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