Senior System Engineer Thermal Heating & Cooling System

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. 

Shaping tomorrow's technology

At Vehicle Technology, we are passionate about shaping tomorrow’s technology to create excellent sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions to make the world a better place for future generations. We provide innovative, safe and driver-friendly solutions, we develop top-quality services, and we make our customer operations more efficient by using excellent data insights. We support the Volvo Group engineering community with cutting edge tools and methods.

We Are Thermal Management Team

Thermal Management is a department within Vehicle Technology responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining an optimized cab climate and vehicle cooling & heating systems for all types of propulsion installations to all truck brands within the Volvo Group. We are responsible for leading the work with strategies and advanced engineering globally. We are located at Bangalore, Curitiba & Gothenburg, and we have close cooperation with the vehicle engineering sites in USA, Australia and France.

Join the Thermal Management Sub Stream, within the Vehicle Motion and Thermal Management department. Embark on the journey to develop the future Volvo Group Thermal Management systems and functions.

Who are you?

On our exciting adventure to develop the future at Volvo Group, we are now looking for a dynamic and experienced individual for the role of Senior System engineer Heating & Cooling System in the Thermal Management Vehicle System and Products team.

Can you see yourself responsible for identifying customer needs and prioritizing development activities?  Can you play an important role in leading concepts and ideas to reality that will drive the technological transformation of our thermal organization? Then, join the Thermal Management Sub Stream within the Vehicle Motion and Thermal Management organization.

As a Senior Engineer in this position, you will be a contributor in an organization dedicated to technology, people, and performance, where customer satisfaction is our ultimate performance measurement.

As an individual, you possess an open multicultural mindset, an understanding of agile development, and a goal-oriented approach. You drive cross functional and global networks and have an inspiring working style. You find it truly rewarding to collaborate with co-workers to perform your/their best in a successful working climate and contribute in a team with diverse styles and perspectives, taking product ownership and accountability of your area and deliveries, while being a team player. You embrace difficult challenges and support team members in finding smart solutions. Most of all, you handle change effectively by seeing the bigger picture. 

To succeed in this role, we are looking for someone with the following qualifications and requirements: -

•    ME/MTech/BE/BTech in Thermal/Mechanical/Mechatronics Engineering or similar with more than 6 years of experience 
•    Experience in the field of Thermal Management system engineering
•    In depth knowledge of the product development life cycle and change management activities for maintenance are required for this role
•    Developing robust time plans and roadmaps for the system according to project milestones and validating the design through virtual and physical verifications
•    Solid Hands-on experience in Developing and testing cooling, heating systems and solutions.
•    Collaborate with mechanical, mechatronics, electrical, software, simulation and data engineers to integrate cooling & heating systems.
•    Participate in and plan the testing & validation of cooling/heating systems to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations
•    Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cooling/ heating system performance and efficiency.
•    Stay updated on industry trends, technologies, and best practices related to cooling /heating systems and thermal management.
•    Structured way of working and ability to deliver on complex tasks with excellence.
•    Experience in Future Technologies (e-MOB, H2 ICE, Fuel Cell), 1D Simulations is a Merit.
•    Knowledge in Volvo GTT development process and tools is a plus
•    Working Knowledge of Global standards for different markets is a plus

•    You are a team player, self-driven with positive, global and problem-solving mind-set and you possess excellent communication skills.
•    Innovative and creative mindset to provide engineering solutions and concepts
•    Should be good in compiling and presenting information verbally and in writing
•    Willingness to learn and develop your own skills and abilities.
•    Ability to work in a multicultural global environment

Role And Responsibilities

In this role as a Senior System Engineer – Heating & Cooling System, you will fulfill the following responsibilities:

•    As a system engineer, you would define the vehicle driveline cooling & heating system architecture with close interaction with our cab climate system engineers and mainly with ICE powertrain engineering colleagues to understand the requirements from components like engine, gearbox, retarder, battery modules, motors, compressors, EATS to heat-up and cool-down to enable them to function efficiently and in safe temperature & pressure limits
•    As a system engineer, you will support and set the performance targets at individual component level to various components developed by component owners
•    You will interact with simulation analysts to analyze the cooling & heating system performance virtually and plan & connect with full vehicle testing team for heating & cooling performance verification
•    As a system engineer, you will verify the heating & cooling system test outcome and recommend if any necessary actions to make the system run according to set requirements in EPIC pre-requisites

•    You will secure the vehilce legal and certification requirements from heating & cooling system
•    You will lead and own the System FMEA for heating & cooling system and guide the DFMEAs by component owners and engineers
•    Responsible to secure the heating and cooling system and End User Function requirements like cab heating function
•    Responsibility of QDCF (Quality, Delivery, Cost & Feature) of your system
•    Support component engineers with a target for component performance and durability as an input to their technical requirements for supplier selection and agreements
•    Define level 4 (system) time plan including the most important cross functional milestones using APQP as the supporting process
•    Accountable to manage Q-Tools like, D-FMEA, S-FMEA, Risk register, DFA(Manufacturing) & DFAM (After Market)
•    Take full engineering responsibility, independently deliver the tasks in area as well as guide our junior team members within our Thermal Management groups.

•    Opportunities to take extended responsibilities and support the other system engineers to set/define the system architecture for e-Mob, H2 ICE, fuel cell trucks evolution

•    Initiate and lead Advanced Engineering work in area of responsibility
•    Your role is cross-functional, which means you will work in projects within the whole Volvo GTT organization and closely collaborate with global cross functional teams

Ready for the next move?

Volvo Group believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion and offers a safe environment to grow. Use your open mind and can-do attitude to help us steer our transportation solutions toward a more sustainable tomorrow.

Come, join us as we take our solutions into a new era and make modern life possible. Let's drive progress together.

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Who We Are and What We Believe In

Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.

Applying for this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Group Trucks Technology are seeking talents to help design sustainable transportation solutions for the future. As part of our team, you’ll help us by engineering exciting next-gen technologies and contribute to projects that determine new, sustainable solutions. Bring your love of developing systems, working collaboratively, and your advanced skills to a place where you can make an impact. Join our design shift that leaves society in good shape for the next generation.