Function & Platform Architect

The opportunity

Polestar is blazing a new trail, dedicating ourselves to the development and refinement of electric vehicle performance. Your experience as a Function & Platform Architect would be invaluable to us in our mission to grow in the areas of Electrical Architecture and Strategy.

Applying the Function & Platform Architect into each vehicle Programme. This role focuses on the technical definition and application of an exciting breadth of new technologies onto new vehicle concepts, interacting across engineering functions and attribute teams.

As a premium brand within the automotive industry Polestar have high expectations on our features which drives the need for excellent configurations, platform and system solutions.

If you are an innovative, open-minded person who believes that electrification is the future of the automotive industry, we would like to hear from you.

This position can be located in either Coventry, UK or Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Responsibilities

Electrical Architecture and Strategy is a team within SW&E department are based in Sweden and UK. The EE Architecture will be developed in accordance with the various industry standards for security, safety and diagnostics. You will ensure the Function layer, architecture, systems, and network design is robust, safe and flexible from initial concept though to series production and beyond. You will be working with all areas of the business (commodity, Attribute and Programme) to deliver all aspects of the EE Architecture.

You will be the go-to-expert for all kind of questions related to Functions and Feature solutions.

key responsibilities will be:

• Identifying Functions: Work with engineers from various disciplines to identify all the functionalities applicable for a project.
• Support Feature Development: Support in defining business cases and use cases of features and identify impact on functions
• Change Management: Act as a coordinator on functional changes (moderation of function change committee, support finding change entry point/release)
• Standardization and Practices: Ensure adherence to processes and standards, define best practices for development teams.
• Help develop and maintain the EE architecture for current and further platform/s required to satisfy the vehicle features, security and safety requirements by interfacing with business partners, electrical system and component owners.
• Contribute to the on-vehicle systems, networks, car config and Electrical vehicle standards including supporting system and component owners to deliver them.
• Design and maintain signals, frames and PDUs for all LIN, CAN/FD and Ethernet networks according to system requirements using network design tools
• Work closely with future commodity and technology strategy
• Work with Electrical Launch Engineers to support investigations into route cause and resolution

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who has strong will to create the future of electric vehicles, who is flexible, driven and has a problem-solving mindset supplemented by a hands-on attitude. You are enthusiastic, motivated and well-organized. You are a team player, but at the same time used to taking the lead and drive your assignments to completion, appreciate learning and developing through performing your task and take great own responsibility for delivering results and contributing to the growth. You are not afraid to try new approaches and out of the box methods. You have a holistic view, including vision, business and customers. You are energized by working in a creative start-up environment, acting where you see potential and creating structure where needed.

To be successful in this role we believe you have:

• Relevant experience of working with Automotive Industry and Electrical Architecture.
• Possession of an Electronics, Control Systems, Automotive or similar honours engineering degree. Other recognised engineering qualifications combined with relevant significant experience will be considered.
• Understanding of electrical architectures, vehicle functionalities, CAN /LIN/Ethernet/AE networks, wiring and diagnostic technologies
• Understanding and experience in EE architecture and System engineering designing tools
• Mandarin Chinese (Optional)

At Polestar, you will be part of a cross-functional and international team, with English as a natural language for written and spoken communication. Since Polestar’s in a scale-up phase you thrive by working in a fast-paced environment.

The process

If the above matches your ambitions, be sure to apply. Our selection process is ongoing, and the job advert will remain open until it’s filled.

The Polestar journey is an electric one.

Join a global team dedicated to improving the societies we live in through sustainable, electric mobility.