2350 MID-LEVEL PRODUCT APPLICATION ENGINEER (37018)

Requirements:
Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Automotive Engineering, or a related engineering field;
Relevant experience in product application, powertrain development, calibration, vehicle testing, performance engineering, or a comparable automotive role;
Strong knowledge of complete powertrain systems, including engines, transmissions, rear axles, vehicle functions, and their interaction at vehicle level;
Knowledge of customer applications, vehicle and engine operating conditions, road profiles, map data, environmental conditions, and the truck and bus market;
Hands-on experience in vehicle testing, measurement, troubleshooting, and engineering data analysis;
Ability to define test cases, evaluate results against product targets, identify technical risks, and issue clear engineering recommendations and reports;
Experience with data acquisition and analysis tools such as ATI VISION, CANalyzer, MATLAB, Python, or equivalent is a strong merit;
Familiarity with connected-vehicle data, simulation, Power BI, or other visualization and analytics tools is a merit;
Experience working in an agile, cross-functional product-development or maintenance environment;
Strong communication and presentation skills in Portuguese and English, both spoken and written;
Brazilian driver’s license in categories D and E, or willingness and eligibility to obtain both categories, enabling the engineer to drive trucks and actively participate in product evaluations and customer-operation activities;
A valid driver’s license and willingness to participate in vehicle tests, customer visits, and occasional domestic or international travel.

Activities:
Recommend and optimize complete powertrain specifications for Volvo trucks and buses based on customer applications, duty cycles, road profiles, market requirements, and product targets;
Plan, coordinate, and execute product application and vehicle evaluation activities, including the definition of test cases, test conditions, instrumentation, acceptance criteria, and required vehicles;
Maintain direct and frequent contact with products and customers by visiting customer operations, accompanying vehicles in real duty cycles, interacting with drivers and service teams, and traveling regularly to test locations, workshops, and customer sites;
Analyze and interpret vehicle, test, and connected-vehicle data to assess fuel economy, performance, drivability, reliability, feature usage, and complete powertrain behavior;
Translate customer and market needs into technical requirements and convert engineering findings into clear recommendations for product development, maintenance, sales, and service stakeholders;
Support the resolution of performance and customer-related issues through structured root-cause analysis, field investigations, vehicle testing, and collaboration with relevant engineering functions;
Collaborate with simulation and data analytics engineers to combine virtual models, physical measurements, and fleet data in robust application decisions;
Document and communicate engineering conclusions through technical reports, presentations, application guidelines, and decision material for local and global stakeholders;
Act as a technical reference for product application topics, share knowledge, and support the development of colleagues and cross-functional teams;
Maintain strong communication with product management, sales, service, project managers, software and calibration developers, test engineers, simulation engineers, data specialists, and global application networks.