Arbetsbeskrivning

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. About us Volvo Cars is the first brand to launch vehicles with an Infotainment system based on Android Automotive. We do this in close collaboration with Google and other major technology providers. To achieve this, we on Volvo Cars have transformed and become a truly software driven company. We value creativity, diversity, and inclusion. On Infotainment, our engaged and agile development teams work with the Android platform, Android Automotive Apps, Audio, Connectivity, Driver Information, Entertainment, Personalization and Vehicle Functions (e.g. climate control). We apply the latest software development practices, and the development teams are supported with Continuous Integration (CI) frameworks and collaboration tools. The resulting software is released to other parts of the company and eventually to the factories and customers. About the role You will be leading the Release teams and prioritize their backlogs. As Release Manager you will continuously work with securing the deliveries from both our internal development teams and from our suppliers to deliver SW for Volvo Cars production and aftermarket across several different platforms. Typical work tasks consist of planning and executing release activities such as branching, certifications, continuous deliveries, testing, documentation, handling deviations etc. The Release Manager has a very central role and communicating and collaboration with Continuous Integration teams (CI), Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Product Owners, Release Train Engineers, suppliers, vehicle projects, factory managers and many others is an essential part of the Release Manager’s daily work. About you We believe that you have a MSc. or BSc. in a relevant academic field, keen on learning more things. In addition to your academic background, you have a minimum of 5 years relevant experience working with SW release or similar. You are comfortable with solving complex tasks involving many people with different backgrounds and competencies. When interacting with people, you connect to them and expand your network on Volvo Cars. You make decisions based on facts and the current best knowledge, even when you are under stress. You prefer working in a team, putting the needs of the team and the team success above your own need to shine – you are a team player. Feedback is something that you value to both receive and share with others. You participate actively in the team discussions about how to improve collaboration and ways of working. You like engaging with people and keep attention to the details when administrating the various production systems. You like understanding, working in and improving workflows and processes. If you have experience of configuration management and/or automation of processes it will be to your benefit in the selection process for this position. Want to know more? We hope so​ ​We’d love to receive and review your application. If you want more information about the role and its responsibilities or simply learn a bit more about the team, please reach out to the hiring manager at ([email protected]) or the recruiter at ([email protected]).​