Product Leader - SW Platforms
Göteborg, SE, 417 15
Are you passionate about Embedded Software? We are on the journey to create outstanding software and technology that seamlessly integrates applications, making the Volvo Group drive prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions.
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.
Software Platforms is one of the technology areas within the Vehicle Technology organization at Volvo Group Trucks Technology. The vision for Software Platforms is to provide best in class-embedded base software and technologies for automated integration of application software, including test platforms that enable software-driven transport solutions for the Volvo Group.
The core areas of Software Platforms include (but not limited to):
- Volvo Dynamic Software Platform (Adaptive Autosar, Linux, Hypervisors & BSP) development and maintenance.
- Volvo Autosar Platform development and maintenance.
- Integration of application and platform software.
- Automation of integration and delivery of ECU build.
- Delivery of integrated MSW and PBL to final integration.
- Development of test automation framework.
What you will do
As our Product Leader of the operational team, you will be responsible for ensuring the coordinated, timely, and high-quality delivery of one of the most complex central on-board computers in trucks – our centralized high-performance computer hosting several complex applications. You will act as the central anchor aligning cross-functional teams (Hardware, Release, Test & Support) under a unified delivery strategy across various agile teams (Platform and Application). In this role, you will play a key part in delivering a complete software platform fully integrated with hardware, utilizing modern Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery chains for application developers across the Volvo Group.
Key responsibilities:
- Delivery Oversight: Responsible for the end-to-end operational execution of delivering a fully integrated complex central ECU delivery, which includes planning, tracking execution, and enabling releases.
- Cross-Team Alignment: Mandate to synchronize and align deliveries from different teams, highlighting dependencies, blockers, and any changes that need to be managed.
- Operational Governance: Mandate to enforce ways of working (WoW) such as release readiness, definition of done, branching strategy and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Reporting and Escalation: Authorized to escalate risks, provide delivery status reports to leadership, and make decisions that impact the success of releases.
- Contribute and drive topics to resolution as a key member of the Software Platforms management team.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including executives, team members, and external partners.
You will be part of the Software Platforms leadership team and report to the GTM/Director – Software Platforms.
Who are you?
We believe that you are customer-focused, service-minded, and result-oriented. With a strong drive and high energy level, you thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments and approach challenges with a positive, go-getter attitude. Taking initiative feels natural to you, and you adapt quickly when faced with new challenges. You lead others towards results with confidence and clarity. With your leadership and communication skills, you inspire and guide your team while building strong collaboration across departments and with external partners.
Requirements:
- University degree in Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in the development and delivery of automotive embedded software.
- Strong technical background in automotive engineering and software development.
- Proven ability to lead and coach technical teams.
- Hands-on experience in automating the full CI/CD chain for developing and releasing embedded software, overseeing the entire delivery pipeline to secure timely releases.
- Solid understanding of industry trends, market demands, and regulatory requirements related to hardware systems.
- Experience working in agile ways of working, preferably in a SAFe-inspired set-up.
Are we a good match? Curious and have questions? You are welcome to contact:
Atul Yadav, Global Technology Manager, SW Platforms, atul.yadav@volvo.com.
Elif Saglik, Talent Acquisition Partner, elif.saglik@volvo.com.
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden.
Last application date: September 10th, 2025.
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
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