Master Thesis Worker - Multi Layered In-Vehicle Communication

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match. 

What you will do

At Volvo Buses you will contribute to the transformation of our company, the transport industry and society at large. You will be part of the Electrical Architecture Team, leading and developing wiring topology and electrical components installation solutions within the area. Our solutions are around the globe and help people to go envinronmentally efficient from one place to the other. Imagine that as a legacy! 

 

Your future team

15 engaged engineers will be your colleagues, working as a well formed group, very close together and we value different perspectives! You will collaborate with very skilled System Design Engineers with very solid background. Want to learn and contribute more to System Engineering and Electrical Architecture applied to Automotive Industry? Here is your chance! 

Thesis Introduction

The electrical system in a modern vehicle contains an ever-increasing amount of Electronics and Software to meet current and future challenges from Customers as well as legislation. To connect the Electronic Control Units, ECU:s there is an equally increasing in Vehicle Communication need, utilizing several Communication Protocols and networks. The increasing Communication needs as well as the Vehicle length offers a challenging environment where some efficient Communication Protocols are close to it's physical limitations.

Volvo buses want to evaluate possible technical solutions to mitigate the risk of Communication wiring harness coming close to "out of specification cable lengths" for preferred communication protocol, e.g. CAN or Ethernet.  In the market there are some alternatives to evaluate, which might provide safe, robust and cost-efficient solutions, meeting various important perspectives like communication speed, arbitration and gateway delays, cost and weight.  Another dimension of the challenge is to evaluate consequences and challenges to meet various legislation and standards like ISO 26262 and UN 156 (Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity)

 

Potential extensions

·  Cost optimization of in-vehicle Wiring Harness design
·  Weight consequences of improved Wiring Harness design
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Possible research questions

·  How can communication challenges in longer Vehicles be mitigated to ensure safe and robust in Vehicle Communication?

Related Programs

Master programs in the Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering area. 

 

Examples:

 

·  Systems, control and mechatronics, MSc
·  Embedded electronic system design, MSc
·  Information and communication technology, MSc

Ready for the next move?

Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today! 

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail. 

 

Who we are and what we believe in 
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

 

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group . Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. 

 

At Volvo Buses you join one of the world’s leading providers of sustainable people transport solutions. What we do affects millions of people around the world: passengers, drivers, customers; in fact, entire cities and countries. This job gives you the opportunity to work with the future of people transportation and infrastructure. We have a strong culture of working together to help each other, sharing knowledge and experience. Together, we shape the world we want to live in.

Job Category:  Technology Engineering

Organization:  Volvo Buses

Travel Required:  No Travel Required

Requisition ID:  25907