Scientific Software Engineer - Automotive Business

By creating bearings and solutions for everything from industrial applications to vehicles, SKF plays an essential role in our everyday lives. In Q4 2026, SKF intends to spin off its Automotive business and list it as a separate company under the name of SKF Vertevo. A company created to support the future of the automotive market, and to co-drive the future of mobility faster.

This role will be a part of that new company. Would you like to join us, and move people further?

Scientific Software Engineer

• SKF Automotive Business

Are you passionate about redefining how digital tools, engineering workflows, and software systems are created? Do you want to push the boundaries of what software engineering looks like in an AI‑first world? Join our team.

We are building a new global Digital Engineering organization with a clear mission: To rethink how engineering software and digital tools are serving our customers and engineers and changing our processes.

You are our key player to bridge the intersection between physical product development, engineering science, and software.

You will collaborate with product developers, engineers, and research specialists to understand complex technical challenges and help translate scientific and engineering knowledge into structured digital and software solutions. The role requires someone who is comfortable engaging with advanced technical matters, while still having software development as a key responsibility and expertise.

Together with the Digital Engineering team, you will create software solutions, scientific models, and digital tools that support product development, simulation, analysis, and engineering decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Bridge product engineering, research, and software development by translating complex engineering and scientific knowledge into structured digital approaches and solutions
• Support early-stage development, centrally and in collaboration with local engineering teams in implementing their own solutions
• Rapidly develop and deliver next-generation engineering solutions using agentic engineering (AI)
• Keep track of trends, drive experiments with new development methodologies (AI/ML) and practices, and help scale those that prove valuable.

We expect you to have

• Master of Science education in Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar scientific/engineering field — or equivalent depth gained through advanced engineering work
• Proven experience in developing software products from start to finish
• Able to reason using first principles and engage in detailed technical discussions with simulation and product development engineers
• Deep theoretical knowledge that is still active and applicable; mathematics, mechanics, tribology, modelling, systems thinking
• Practical experience with modern cloud platforms, APIs, data pipelines and CI/CD setups.
• Experience and strong interest in AI and machine learning, including using AI-assisted development tools and/or building ML-enabled features.
• Excellent communication skills in English and a collaborative, can-do mindset.
• Demonstrated habit of running own side projects or private initiatives exploring new software technologies, tools or methodologies.
• Solid programming skills and hands-on experience with modern programming languages, such as Python, C++, TypeScript
• Ability to move fast, work with ambiguity, and take ownership from problem to solution.

Why Join Us

• Be part of a small, newly formed Digital Engineering team with a clear mandate to challenge how we work and to drive transformation globally.
• High degree of autonomy and opportunity to influence our technical direction, standards and tool landscape.
• Close collaboration with engineering, R&D and IT across the Automotive Business.
• The chance to design and implement digital tools that are used daily by engineers and developers around the world.
• An environment that encourages experimentation, learning and sharing of new ideas.
• Global collaboration and exposure to diverse cultures and perspectives.
• Hybrid ways of working, with flexibility to work both onsite and remotely.

If you want to go further

This position will be located on our SKF Automotive site in Gothenburg, Sweden.

You will report to Erik Lorentzon, Digital Engineering Manager, who is located in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Apply with your CV in English throughout the system, no later than August 28, 2026.

Transparency and fairness matter to us

At SKF, we see diversity in our workforce as an asset that supports better business results. We are committed to having a fair and inclusive recruitment process where all hiring decisions are based on objective, job-related criteria, ensuring equal opportunities for all candidates.

To support a fair and transparent recruitment process, the process may include assessments, and before hiring, we may also carry out background checks and verify application information. We will discuss your salary expectations during the first interview, and our final offer will be based on an objective evaluation of your experience, skills, and potential, aligned with the scope of the role and our internal salary guidelines. Our recruitment process may differ from country to country and will always be in line with applicable country-specific laws and regulations.

Come as you are – just be yourself. #weareSKF