Product Requirement Engineer, Business Area Kitchen, Bathroom & Appliances

  • Full-time

Company Description

Do you want to be part of developing great products that will take IKEA into the future where we even stronger position ourselves as a leader in life at home? Do you want to be responsible to capture safety, legal and market demands for the product area you work in, as well as develop new tangible, technical requirements built on the insights of customer’s needs, expectations and behaviours? 

Then you might be our new Product Requirement Engineer.

Job Description

We are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer who can support the product development and improvement process of our Appliance Range. As a Product Requirement Engineer you are responsible for the specification of product during its full lifecycle. Your task is to identify and create product requirements and to choose test methods for the product area. You will also contribute to the creation of new and additional development tests needed for product validation that will contribute to better and safer products with higher customer satisfaction.

As Product Requirement Engineer you will work closely to a product development team as the requirement specialist responsible to set and document the relevant product requirements as well as to have a close dialogue with the purchasing organisation and suppliers to secure successful implementation. You need to have good insight into specifications and test methods and keep updated on changes in legislation and other external requirements that may influence the product areas under your responsibility. You will work with documentation for new product developments and well as with improvements to the running range.

This role requires some travels to meet with our suppliers and manufacturers, ca 10 times/year for up to 1 week each trip.

Qualifications

Are you driven by a constant urge to improve, develop and challenge? Would you like to use your solid technical knowledge and experience to create new, surprising and/or improved solutions for a better everyday life for the many people? Then this may just be for you!

You have a University Degree in Engineering and solid technical experience from a relevant field. You have experience in product development and/or creating and documenting product requirements, as well as knowledge of certification and testing. Preferably you have been working with Electronics or Appliances

You have excellent communication skills and the ability to take the lead in your own work as well as in your contacts with internal and external stakeholders. Experience from working with tests and verification of products is a requirement as well as the ability to understand, translate and apply technical requirements in the product development. You also have knowledge about implementing new products into the supply-chain.

Additional Information

Sounds interesting? Submit your application as soon as possible however not later than January 5th, 2020. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager, Bo Persson, +46 72-352 84 53. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist, Jakob Bergström, +46-70 48 147 90

 We look forward to receiving your application!

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.

Sounds interesting? Submit your application as soon as possible however not later than January 5th, 2020. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Hiring Manager, Bo Persson, +46 72-352 84 53. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist, Jakob Bergström, +46-70 48 147 90​​​​

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