Product Development Center (PDC) is an affiliation to IKEA of Sweden with goals to develop products with speed, to develop Break Through Item (BTI) and low price products, take initiatives of product development by being close to suppliers and provide better quality. We have teams in India, China Taiwan, Vietnam and China Mainland. To work in PDC is to be close with the many customers, the many suppliers, and to work in a highly diverse organization!

Can you really reach out to the whole world, enabling a better everyday life for the many people through great product? With IKEA you can. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion.

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.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

You will be responsible to develop, document and improve the mechanical engineering solution based on Democratic Design and product requirement. You will develop competence in material knowledge and characteristics for natural fiber. One year with close mentorship of experienced Product Development Engineer.
The Product Construction Engineer is 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.
•    Responsible to identify and manage technical risks during the development
•    Securing that all mechanical requirements (legal as functional) are covered by the product design.
•    Responsible to initiate and perform development test and develop test methods when required
•    Finalize and maintain drawings with all relevant dimensions and tolerances.
•    Establish a network within Matrix and be active in user forums for the role Product Construction Engineer.

ABOUT YOU
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. 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.

Product Development Center is a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is "to create a better everyday life for the many people". We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles.

We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.