EMC Lab Engineer: Test Systems & Safety

Volvo Car Germany GmbH; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Cars is seeking a Technical Support Engineer EMC to join our expanding EMC Lab. You will support hardware verification, test method development, and ensure safe, compliant test activities across our lab facilities.

You will collaborate with design and test teams, manage testbeds, and contribute to risk assessments, safety procedures, and external testing plans as we build new capabilities for electrification and safety testing at our centre in Gothenburg.

Qualifications

• Experience in hardware verification and/or test method development.
• Hands-on mechanical HW experience from test objects and other laboratory equipment.
• Knowledge of Ethernet, CAN protocols, and relevant measurement equipment.
• Ability to fault trace and troubleshoot complex systems involving both hardware and software.
• High level of safety awareness.
• Solid knowledge and hands-on experience in EMC and EMI, including related test methods.
• Experience working with hazardous voltage; certification will be required.
• Valid Swedish driver’s license

Responsibilities

• Support mechanical design by securing effective solutions for dummy parts, bridging parts, and fixtures, while providing technical and mechanical support to stakeholders.
• Assist the test coordinator with rig-related knowledge and detailed understanding of test objects to support test planning.
• Close collaboration with laboratory personnel is a key part of the role, contributing with practical solutions to improve testbeds and installations.
• Support laboratory staff and stakeholders by ensuring safe ways of working, providing guidance on testbed safety, installations, and laboratory procedures.
• Responsibility for equipment not connected to specific testbeds—such as battery simulators, emulators, and spare parts—is included.
• Proactively contribute to laboratory safety by identifying risks, reporting observations, and performing risk assessments as part of daily operations.
• The role also includes participation in investment projects, contributing to reviews, audits, RFQs, and defining interfaces between test objects and testbeds.
• You will help ensure that layouts meet requirements related to ways of working, testbed similarity, safety, and ergonomics.
• In addition, you will contribute to task forces and cross-functional initiatives, supporting continuous improvement across the laboratory environment.
• In this role you will also support in planning and execution of external testing.

Skills

Hardware verification

Test method development

Mechanical HW experience

Ethernet

CAN protocols

Measurement equipment

Troubleshoot systems

Safety awareness

EMC/EMI

Hazardous voltage

Swedish driver’s license

Job description

Volvo Cars is seeking a Technical Support Engineer EMC to join our expanding EMC Lab. You will support hardware verification, test method development, and ensure safe, compliant test activities across our lab facilities.

You will collaborate with design and test teams, manage testbeds, and contribute to risk assessments, safety procedures, and external testing plans as we build new capabilities for electrification and safety testing at our centre in Gothenburg.