Graduate Apprentice Trainee (System Simulation, NATS)

Volvo — Bengaluru, Karnataka

₹3–4 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · Entry level · Freshers eligible · Full-time · onsite

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Quick answer: A one-year apprenticeship at Volvo's Bengaluru site building Simulink models of powertrain systems, with the work following through to test cells and real trucks. Freshers can apply, but you need a simulation project or two behind you, plus Matlab or Python for handling the data.

From Volvo's job posting

Location

Bangalore, IN, 562122

Position Type: Student

Permanent/Temporary: Temporary

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

You will work in agile teams through good collaboration with our colleagues in development and design teams all around the world. You, along with the team, will be responsible for understanding customer usage and performance of our products and providing our solutions throughout the product life cycle—from idea investigation and concept evaluation to industrialization and to aftermarket and maintenance.

You get the opportunity to follow your virtual models from script to test cell to verification in a truck and eventually to being used by our end customers. The tasks can be either part of a larger project or short tasks to improve products currently in production. You will get the opportunity to interact with highly committed colleagues from different cultures.

Your Future Team

You will be part of a diverse team collaborating with colleagues across the globe. We are working on conventional diesel and hydrogen combustion engines as well as fuel cell electric vehicle applications. You will get an opportunity to work on simulating novel and diverse technologies while working in a lively and inclusive team. We strive to have an open and honest environment, where it is easy to ask each other for support when needed. We hope you will learn as much from us as we will from you.

Who Are You?

We believe that to be successful in this position, you are a team player, have strong experience in simulation engineering and analysis area, and a will to deliver. A fundamental understanding of powertrain components, and exposure to simulation softwares such as Matlab/Simulink/AVL Cruise/GT Drive or similar tools would be ideal requirements.

We must have fluency in English and good presentation and communication skills. You will be greatly appreciated in this role if you have demonstrated the usage of Matlab/Python for analysis of simulation data. Ability to work with Model Development in Simulink will be a bonus.

If you are a bachelor’s degree holder in Mechanical/Automobile/Electronics/Mechatronics Engineering with analytical skills, and a passion to advance your career in Powertrain Engineering, then you can be a good fit into this role.

Qualifications and Competencies

  • Graduate in Mechanical/Electrical/Automobile/Mechatronics Engineering.
  • Proficient in Matlab and Simulink for vehicle-level simulations.
  • Strong grasp of Vehicle Energy Management and performance tradeoffs.
  • Demonstrated expertise in simulation data analysis, including:

o Running simulations and extracting meaningful insights.

o Post-processing large datasets using Matlab/Python.

o Interpreting results to inform design and engineering decisions.

o Presenting analytical findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Exposure to GIT/Bitbucket for version control.
  • Good understanding of powertrain technology, materials, and components.
  • Strong commitment to timely delivery with high quality standards.

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The employer’s company overview, benefits and equal-opportunity statement are left out here; they are on the original posting.

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HireSetu's note

Reading the experience bar

The degree list is wide, mechanical, electrical, automobile or mechatronics, but the technical bar is narrower: vehicle-level Simulink modelling and the ability to make sense of what a simulation produces. That means post-processing large datasets in Matlab or Python, pulling out what changed and why, and explaining it to people who don't model. Git or Bitbucket is listed, which tells you these models are shared and revised over time.

As a fresher, your evidence comes from a final-year project, a Formula Student stint, a thesis on hybrid energy management, an internship where you built or ran a model. One real vehicle-level model on your CV counts for more than a list of coursework.

A week of model, run, plot, explain

Simulation work is cyclical: build or adjust a model, run the cases, post-process the output, then decide whether the result holds. Expect sprint rhythms, stand-ups, and waiting on runs or on answers from colleagues in other time zones.

The team covers diesel and hydrogen combustion plus fuel cell electric, so you'd be pointed at one slice of that. Ask which technology and which system you'd be modelling. Presentation counts: the listing asks for findings explained to technical and non-technical audiences.

System simulation means energy flows

People hear "simulation" and picture CAD, FEA or crash testing. This is system-level work: models of how energy moves through a powertrain, how components behave together, where the tradeoffs sit. AVL Cruise and GT Drive sit in the same family, vehicle-level rather than component-stress.

The reading you need is powertrain fundamentals, meaning what each component does, where the losses go, why one design choice helps a metric and hurts another. If your degree is electrical or mechatronics, that domain knowledge is the gap to close.

One year, and a site outside the centre

This is an apprenticeship under the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme, listed as a student and temporary position with the duration set by NATS guidelines. Treat the year of training as the thing you're applying for, and ask early what the end of it looks like.

The work is onsite at Volvo's Bengaluru location, pin 562122, well outside the central business districts. Work out the commute before you agree to an interview slot.

Drafted with AI from Volvo's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.

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