Chief Architect
Workplace: Oskarshamn, Sverige
Expires: May 30, 2025
Lead the development and maintenance of vehicle architectural strategy, focusing on modular truck architecture and layout, supporting multiple brands within TRATON Group. Collaborate across departments and brands to create scalable design concepts, ensuring innovation, performance, and flexibility in early product development.
Main requirements:
- University degree (Bachelor's or Master's) in mechanical, automotive, or system engineering
- High level of technical leadership experience with prior senior designer/architect roles
- Deep knowledge of modular systems as a concept
- Experience in automotive industry or cross-functional relevant environments
- Proficiency with Visio, Matlab, and Catia V5
- Excellent communication skills in English (Swedish is a plus)
- Proactive mindset with strong planning and organizational skills
Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional architectural and layout investigations as well as property trade-offs at complete vehicle level
- Conduct technical dependency studies of project initiatives in early phases and identify new focus groups for vehicle architecture
- Perform architecture trade-off analysis
- Support visualization of main interface management over time
- Align and harmonize architectural recommendations with other system and solution architects
- Support the cross VCF Architecture Working Group
- Collaborate daily with vehicle architecture chief architects, layout engineers, and global networks across brands and departments
- Translate business needs and technical requirements into smart, scalable design concepts
Required hard skills:
- Technical leadership
- Modular system expertise
- Automotive or similar industry knowledge
- Visio
- Matlab
- Catia V5
Soft skills:
- Analytical thinking
- Collaboration
- Independent working and initiative taking
- Ability to work at intersection of concept, design, and systems thinking
- Zooming in on technical details and zooming out for big picture
Natural languages:
- English (Proficient)
- Swedish (Basic familiarity)
Cultural skills:
- Team spirit
- Customer focus
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Waste elimination
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