 After the Volvo project he was employed by ASEA in Västerås and later worked for the same company in Stockholm.Jan was replaced in the Volvo project by engineer "Henry Westerberg" that stayed with Volvo as a designer until 1980 at the age of 79 when he was retired.Jan G. Smith was awarded a gold medal in 1929 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), together with Gustav Larson, ""for their contribution to the national automobile industry in Sweden"".