Function Architect

**Location:**
Stockholm, Sweden

**Work Model:**
Hybrid

**Duration:**
1 year, with the possibility of extension

**Working Hours:**
Full-time

**Interview Process:**
Minimum of 1 interview with the Hiring Manager

**Language:**
English

**Assignment Overview**

The Function Architect role focuses on supporting vehicle software and functional changes throughout the early stages of development. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, facilitating alignment, and defining system concepts to ensure clear and agreed-upon solutions.

As a Function Architect, you will support vehicle software and functional changes early in the development flow, from the initial idea to an agreed solution. The role involves close collaboration with internal customers driving changes, system owners, and other impacted stakeholders.

You will facilitate discussions, define system concepts, and ensure alignment across both technical and non-technical stakeholders while contributing to a flow-oriented way of working.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Support vehicle software and functional changes early in the development flow, from idea to agreed solution.
- Work closely with the internal customer, system owners, and other impacted stakeholders.
- Facilitate discussions to understand required changes, impacts, and affected systems.
- Create and communicate clear system concepts, including principles, interfaces, messages, and consequences.
- Document agreed solutions in the architecture toolchain.
- Explain complex topics in a way that supports alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Support a flow-oriented way of working and promote good practices within the organisation.

Education

**Must Have:**

- Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

**Required Experience**

- Solid experience in function development, system development, or system ownership within an embedded or vehicle context.
- Understanding of vehicle and platform complexity and how changes in one area affect others.
- Good communication skills and the ability to create alignment within a group.

**Nice to Have**

- Scania experience, which is highly valuable and sought after.
- Knowledge of communication topologies such as CAN and/or Ethernet.
- Experience working in a continuous delivery/change process for embedded software.

**Personal and Soft Skills**

- Interest in moving into an architecture role and working cross-functionally.
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
- Hands-on approach to explaining how things should be done.
- Coaching approach, with the ability to explain clearly and humbly so others can follow.