Senior Technical Artist

Volvo Cars; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 650,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Cars Design seeks a Senior Technical Artist to drive the creation and delivery of digital car datasets that power marketing and customer experiences worldwide. You will transform CAD data into production‑ready assets, assemble complete digital vehicles with correct structure and variants, and apply materials and metadata to meet production needs.

Collaborate across engineers, designers and developers for scalable, high‑quality Digicar datasets.

Qualifications

• Strong experience preparing, optimising, and structuring engineering data for rendering or real‑time applications.
• Knowledge of geometry, hierarchy, variants, materials, and production pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, clean, and optimise CAD data for high‑end visualisation.
• Assemble complete digital vehicles ensuring correct structure, hierarchy, and variants.
• Apply and verify materials, metadata, and specifications to meet production and marketing needs.
• Deliver consistent, scalable, and high‑quality Digicar datasets.
• Enable seamless use of data for Visualisation Artists and external agencies.
• Collaborate closely with studio engineers, designers, visualization artists and developers.
• Drive improvements in workflows, data quality, and pipeline efficiency.

Skills

CAD data preparation

3D workflows

visualisation production

data structures

production pipelines

cross‑functional collaboration

attention to detail

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Take the lead in driving innovation At Volvo Cars, we are committed to advancing safety, sustainability and electrification. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for forward‑thinking individuals who can identify challenges before they arise and deliver cutting‑edge solutions that set new industry standards.

Take the lead in driving innovation At Volvo Cars, we are committed to advancing safety, sustainability and electrification. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for forward‑thinking individuals who can identify challenges before they arise and deliver cutting‑edge solutions that set new industry standards.
When you choose a career with Volvo Cars, you’re not just joining a company – you’re helping shape the future of mobility.
Let’s introduce ourselves
At Volvo Cars Design, we are redefining how our products are experienced, through cutting‑edge visualisation powered by world‑class digital assets.
We are now looking for a Senior Technical Artist to take a key role in building and delivering the digital car datasets that power everything from marketing to future customer experiences.
Digicar is Volvo Cars’ digital twin of our vehicles a fully configurable 3D dataset enabling everything from product imagery and configurators to future experiences. It forms the foundation of how we scale visualisation globally and maintain consistent, premium quality.
You will be part of Volvo Cars Design Team, working at the intersection of design, technology, and production, directly shaping how our vehicles are experienced by customers across the world.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Technical Artist, you will be at the core of our visualisation pipeline, transforming complex engineering data into clean, structured, and production‑ready digital cars used across the organisation and by external partners

You will:

• Prepare, clean, and optimise CAD data for high‑end visualisation
• Assemble complete digital vehicles ensuring correct structure, hierarchy, and variants
• Apply and verify materials, metadata, and specifications to meet production and marketing needs
• Deliver consistent, scalable, and high‑quality Digicar datasets
• Enable seamless use of data for Visualisation Artists and external agencies
• Collaborate closely with studio engineers, designers, visualization artists and developers
• Drive improvements in workflows, data quality, and pipeline efficiency

What You’ll Bring

You are a technical problem‑solver with an eye for detail, motivated by building structured, high‑quality data that enables great creative output.

You:

• Have a strong understanding of CAD data, 3D workflows, and visualisation production
• Take pride in accuracy, structure, and quality
• Thrive working with complex datasets and multiple variants
• Communicate clearly and collaborate across disciplines
• Are proactive and continuously look for ways to improve how things are done

Minimum Role Requirements

• Strong experience in CAD data preparation for visualisation Experience preparing, optimising, and structuring engineering data for rendering or real‑time applications
• Solid understanding of 3D workflows and data structures Knowledge of geometry, hierarchy, variants, materials, and production pipelines
• Experience working in a production environment Ability to deliver high‑quality assets within defined processes and timelines
• Cross‑functional collaboration skills Experience working with engineers, artists, and stakeholders to ensure accurate and usable outputs

Volvo Cars. For Life.

For nearly a century, Volvo Cars has empowered people to move freely in a personal, sustainable and safe way. Today, we are driving bold advancements in electrification, sustainability and automotive safety. To realise our ambitious vision, we are seeking innovative minds who are ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow – today.

In our company, we believe extraordinary things are achieved by ordinary people with the drive to make a difference.

As part of the recruitment process, the final candidates might undergo a background check.

We welcome your application!