Charging Solution Engineer at Volvo Energy

"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.



Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

We shape the world we want to live in!

Volvo Energy is our newest business area with the overarching purpose of supporting the Volvo Group’s transformation ambitions within electrification, sustainability, circularity, complete service offer, profitable growth and resilience. 

The team - Charging and Infrastructure Solution - C&IS
We are a function within Volvo Energy where we develop Battery Electric Vehicle Charging and infrastructure solutions in conjunction with Business Area’s and partners. We work by lobbying and advocacy, legislation monitoring, charging infrastructure partnerships and associations to create and accelerate industry standardization and roll-out for charging.

We jointly simplify the electrification transformation for our customers and the society as well as accelerate the journey towards 100% fossil free and in doing so, support Volvo Group’s sustainability target.

What you will do
As a Charging Solution Engineer you will be a key person in ensuring that the Volvo group can support our customers with world leading charging solutions via our turnkey projects. Your focus will be to secure an optimised charging solution for our end customers. You will do this in in close cooperation with Volvo Group colleagues.

Main Responsibilities and Activities

•    Based on a structured customer need analysis, prepare and present, optimal charging equipment solutions for our customers. This will be done in close collaboration with our turnkey charging solution project managers. 
•    Contribute with charging equipment knowledge to our Business Areas and turnkey projects, in close collaboration with our Product Managers for preferred charger suppliers.
•    Be part of a commercial crew, led by the sales organization, to support turnkey charging solutions in the market.
•    Support turnkey customers during the start-up phase to ensure a smooth commissioning of charging equipment.
•    Contribute with charging equipment experience to our charging equipment road-maps and long-term strategies.
•    For selected activities drive and own change implementation.

Working at Volvo Energy is different 
Welcome to a close-knit team! We see ourselves as a fast-paced company within the Volvo Group, supported by our many great colleagues, we have the best of both worlds. We believe that work should be fun, stimulating, challenging and rewarding, but also have a meaning and a purpose to the individual. Trust and Results are two guiding principles for how we work together, and we are here to make a difference.

Who are you?
You will be part of a small team and will be involved in a variety of activities, therefore you are flexible and enjoy switching between different tasks. Volvo Energy is a relatively new member in the Volvo Group so all processes are not yet established. This means that you need to be solution-oriented, independent and be able to think out of the box. For you, fulfilling our customer’s needs is what really drives you and you have an ability to remove obstacles and influence a positive outcome. You like to interact with many stakeholders and have good communication skills, since an important part of the job is sharing information 

Qualifications likely required to be successful
•    University degree in engineering or equivalent.
•    Experience from product development, project management and/or pre-sales engineering. 
•    Fluent in English, verbal and written.

Qualifications that would be an extra plus
•    Experience from commercial vehicle industry or charging infrastructure business.
•    Excellent presentation and communication skills
•    Technical knowledge in electromobility products, systems and components. Experience of charging equipment especially meriting.
•    Commercial driving license (C/CE for heavy-duty trucks or D for bus)

Ready for the next move?
Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today!

Curious to hear more about the job? Or the department? Or do you have other questions? Contact me:
Anna Thordén, Head of PPL and Operations, Private C&IS
anna.thorden@volvo.com

Last application date: 2024-05-09

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