UMS Engineer

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Job Description

Northvolt has an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer specialized in the field of Building/Utilties Automation System Engineering to join our Maintenance team.

We offer you the opportunity to join us in building one of the first large scale European battery factories, playing an important role in the transformation to a carbon free society. You will be part of a team whose task is developing software solutions and new techniques required for the building of successive future factories.

You will be working intimately with the Maintenance team in designing, implementing and maintaining a highly automated building automation system. Your role in integrating building automation solutions will require you to work integrally with the Factory Automation Team, Software Engineering Team, Manufacturing Team and the Construction Team.

Our goals on quality, safety and environment are set extremely high. Up-time, production efficiency and traceability, to name a few, are critical aspects that we at Northvolt pay special attention to in order to produce top-quality green batteries. You will be part of a team working in a unique environment combining the use of proven technologies and designing new innovative solutions, together with the best solution providers globally.

In general, you would contribute to the team with your vast experience in the implementation of a BMS systems and your passion for finding new and innovative solutions that can enable us to reach out high set goals together.


Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Participate in design workshops internally and with external suppliers
  • Author and review Engineering Design Documentation (Requirement specifications, Functional design, Logic diagrams, Test Cases, Test Records)
  • Participate in setting global standards and the associated processes and strategies which disseminate and enforce these standards
  • Participate in R&D activities for piloting of new technological solutions and integrating them within the BMS environment
  • Participate in education and knowledge transfer workshops
  • Cost estimations for projects and change requests. Provide input for quoting and planning works
  • Definition of software (including controls) coding standards and configuration management requirements
  • Code review and test of other’s work as well as improving and defining code review practices
  • Participate in and contribute toward design forums and improvement meetings for technical improvement and optimization of software processes pertaining to the BMS
  • Maintaining and develop the BMS system in the factory(‘s).

The person we are looking for is passionate, goal oriented, curious and eager to learn. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden (to start with) and see the results of your work.

Apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

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