Software Engineer

Company description:

Who are we?Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent. We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

Job description: Let's introduce ourselves

We are a department within Software Engineering. Our department Software Factory and Enablers (SWF&E), lead the shift towards seamless software- and data flows through a unified software factory across Engineering.  We serve the complete Engineering software community by providing ways of working necessary to develop software defined vehicles. Our section Software Factory (SWF) mission is to enable always‑releasable, high‑quality software for the car and to give development teams the confidence to build, innovate, and deliver with excellence.We empower software engineering by providing fast, reliable, and secure CI/CD services, strong Configuration Management capabilities, and advanced AI‑driven solutions. Who we are In our team, we work with both Configuration Management (CM) strategies that affect all of Volvo Cars Engineering, and SW development to automate some CM areas or checks, especially in the CI flow chain. One example is automated SW traceability from complete baseline level down to SW component level.  

 

You will work in a team responsible for: 

Cross organization SW Branching strategy and governance  

Cross organization SW Traceability strategy  

Change management process 

Compliance documentation for SUMS, including application development to support it

Document storage structure 

Supporting engineering teams in all the above 

What you'll do

We are looking for a qualified Senior SW developer with strong Configuration Management (CM) experienceYou will have the opportunity to contribute to different aspects of our work. The following skills and experiences will help you stand out and thrive in your role:

You will work in a cross-functional team with both Configuration Managers and application developers

You will work all the way in our development process, from creating requirements to putting code in production and deploy new ways of working

SW architecting for e.g., but not limited to

Compliance report solutions

Traceability solutions

File storage solutions

Process development for systems within the Configuration Management domain

Automation for Configuration Management area, possibly using AI

SW development as needed, for selected backlog items

 You will be working with VCC top competences within both the Configuration Management discipline and DevOps, a cross-functional team. The application development environment 

Azure/AWS Cloud Services

NodeJS (Apollo-Server, Typescript)

Neo4J Database

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Go (backend language)

Python

OpenAPI (API design & documentation)

Makefile  (Build/test automation)

Docker  (Containerization & orchestration)

Terraform (Infrastructure provisioning)

OpenTelemetry (Main tracing tool)

MkDocs, Markdown (Technical documentation)

SQLC/ GQL (Type-safe DB access and access interface)

OIDC      (Authentication/authorization)

Git actions (Workflow automation)

vitest     (Unit/component testing)

Profile description: What you'll bring

Required Competences:

MSc in Engineering, such as Electrical, Computer, Physics, or Software Engineering.

At least 4+ years of documented experience of working within IT, in a role as a developer.

Hands-on experience with programming and scripting in multiple languages, as listed above

Experience of working as a Configuration Manager, or strong willingness to learn 

Experience in handling Traceability for software in large projects 

Experience in handling processes for Version handling, and practical experience in Git, preferably in Gerrit 

Experience in handling processes for Change Management 

Worked with Branching strategies for larger projects 

Architecting SW applications and solutions

Automation

Using AI tools

It is also valued if you have knowledge about:

Previous experience from VCC or other automotive companies  

Knowledge of product and release handling within VCC 

Knowledge about KDP, CarWeaver, CoMo, Artifactory, ConfigHub and/or TC-PLM 

Have been working with requirements with direct contact to the client

Previous experience in data analytics tools