Product Construction Engineer, BA OSOF - Outdoor, Home Organisation, Secondary Storage & IKEA FAMILY - IKEA of Sweden, Älmhult

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduce 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.

The Business Area OSOF contains of 4 Home Furnishing business: Outdoor, Home organisation, Secondary Storage and IKEA FAMILY. We constantly challenge ourselves to develop our ways of working in order to meet the needs of the many people. Would you like to be a key player in making our range available to the customers?

We are looking for a Product Construction Engineer to join us on our exciting journey!

About the assignment

As a Product Construction Engineer, you will be responsible for:

•    Develop the mechanical design of products in the field of different materials and functions in the business area range from concept sketch to final product.
•    Develop and maintain the digital models on a detail level.
•    Securing that all mechanical requirements (legal as functional) are covered by the product design.
•    Order, manage and be the main contact with IKEA of Sweden prototype department.
•    Evaluate construction with FEM analysis before testing on prototypes is performed.
•    Finalize and maintain drawings with all relevant dimensions and tolerances.
•    Establish a network within IKEA of Sweden and be active in user forums for the role Product Construction Engineer.

Are you up for the challenge? Then this just might be for you!

About the job

As a Product Construction Engineer you will create, anchor and communicate common point of view for the technical agenda. You will take a stand in the important matters but you will be also willing to challenge known patterns. IKEA of Sweden is a truly global environment, with colleagues from all over the world and you therefore need to be fluent in English both verbal and written.

We believe that you are highly committed and self-driven person. You have a university degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. You will be an important cog in the technical team working with product development and product improvement of the running range. You have experience of working in product development in different kind of materials and production methods. Your will be experienced with very good competence related to 3D CAD engineering and a good understanding of FEM analysis and basic structural dimensioning. Knowledge of SolidWorks will be considered as an added advantage. You will be a very practical person that you could make things happen with your bare hands.

Furthermore you have strong communication skills and the ability to create confidence and build relations and more you will be a problem solver. You are self-motivated and a goal - and delivery oriented person with a passion for details.

IKEA of Sweden is a truly global environment, with colleagues from all over the world and you therefore need to be fluent in English.

The position is permanent and located in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day.

If you have any questions about the position you are welcome to contact Michael Lindholm at +46 766190986. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Ramkumar Ramachandran +46 734207773.(NB: In vacation till 01st Dec. sms only, response can be delayed due to difference in time zone)
Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates.

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest December 03rd.