Technical Expert - Path Prediction & Threat Assessment
Volvo Car Corporation / Elektronikjobb / Göteborg
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Are you passionate about active safety that hold great technical depth and are a driven technological leader? Join Collision Avoidance as our next technical expert! At Research & Development you will be a key contributor to the next generation outstanding luxury cars from Volvo. Together with other engineers around the world, you and your team will create innovative human-centric car technology that makes life less complicated and more enjoyable for people. Are you interested in design and connected car technology? Do you share our passion for people, the environment and our urge to create a superior driving experience? Research and Development is the place for you to prosper.
The group Collision Avoidance within the unit Active safety & Chassis is responsible for function and SW development within the area of collision avoidance. Several of our functions in production (such as CitySafety and Full Auto-brake with pedestrian detection) were launched as 'World First' and Volvo Cars has highly set goals to maintain this leading position within active safety. Current Volvo Car products offer collision avoidance technologies that supports drivers in avoiding rear-end and pedestrian accidents. This support consists of warning and autonomous emergency braking, but in the future we are looking to use autonomous steering interventions as well.
We are now looking for a Technical Expert to hold the overall responsibility for the strategies and development in the areas Path Prediction and Threat Assessment. Your work will be supporting how the vehicles of today will evolve into the non-hit vehicles of the future; covering safety rating, competitors, academics in the field of collision avoidance etc. The role requires a demonstrated in-depth technical knowledge from the area to provide technical leadership to peers and assure the delivery of product programs. You have high level of communication and teamwork capability as well as experience to lead, teach, coach and mentor internal teams in the delivery of technical objectives. Are you our next strong team member?
Main responsibilities
• Deliver path prediction and threat assessment functionality to all customer functions in the area of active safety and driver support
• Secure technology readiness for industrialisation by initiating and supervising advanced engineering and research projects (internal and co-financed by the authorities)
• Advice management in technical matters from a Volvo Cars perspective
• Support the organisation in contacts with suppliers and proactively contact potential suppliers
• Secure competence development within the area, by proactively provide education, mentoring and coaching on technical matters (including review of technical deliveries)
• Maintain personal expertise in the area of path prediction and threat assessment; follow the research frontier and write patents and publications
• Develop and maintain external relations with universities and authorities and on request support PR on press events, interviews etc
Required qualifications
• University degree, minimum Master of Science degree or equivalent in Control Theory, Electrical Engineering etc
• Demonstrated in-depth technical knowledge from Path Prediction and Threat Assessment, Collision Avoidance and/or Active Safety
• Comprehensive experience from Research and development (Requirement/Methods, Concept development, Engineering or Analysis & Verification), Authorities and Industry
• Extensive experience from innovation on functionality
• Experience from model based development and Simulink modelling
• Excellent English skills, verbally and in writing
• Licentiate of Engineering degree or Ph.D. in the field of active safety, collision avoidance, threat assessment and path prediction is meritorious
• Documented publication record in relevant technical area (paper, patents, reports etc) is meritorious
• Experience from embedded SW development is meritorious
Personal qualities
• Holistic view and conceptual thinking
• High level of communication and teamwork capability
• Experience to lead an internal team in the delivery of technical objectives
• Demonstrated capability and willingness to teach, coach and mentor
• Business and performance driven
About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.
Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Karin Örtegren at +46 72 98 89 422 by e-mail
karin.ortegren@randstad.se .
Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later than December 8th 2013.
Publiceringsdatum2013-11-14Arbetstider och omfattningHeltid
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2013-12-12
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FöretagVolvo Car Corporation
AdressVolvo Car Corporation
Dept. 62320/HA1N
40531 Göteborg
Jobbnummer 1703503
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