Jan Johansson
Product Owner at Volvo Cars
Lund, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Johansson is a product-focused technical leader with 12 years of experience bridging low-level, close-to-hardware engineering and strategic product management across automotive and telecom sectors. Currently a Product Owner at Volvo Cars, he has a strong track record as interim/consulting program manager delivering mesh networking, 5G sidelink collision-warning concepts, and advanced LiDAR prototypes with cross-industry partners. Rooted in an M.Sc. in Physics and early career expertise in ARM assembler and embedded C, Jan blends deep technical credibility with people-first management—having built and led global, high-performing engineering teams of up to 40 specialists. He routinely drives recruitment, skill development and process improvements, and has run research collaborations with multiple universities while navigating ISO-driven product and project governance. Not obvious from titles: he has hands-on experience implementing crypto (AES) in embedded systems and building full TCP/IP stacks and device integrations for IoT prototypes. Known for building trust in multicultural environments, he turns complex technical challenges into practical product outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
M. Sc. Physics, M. Sc. Physics at Lund University
English, Swedish, DanishGithub contributions (5)
ejanjoh/bOS
May 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
ejanjoh/BeagleBone-Black
Nov 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:14 commits in 3 months
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