In Range Area Home Textiles & Rugs we are a group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing and making the impossible possible. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “To create a better everyday life for the many people.”

We are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer to our home textiles range that can translate customer’s wishes into technical requirements. You will be responsible to identify and develop product requirements that will make our products sustainable, safe, sellable on all our markets and loved by our customer.

As Product Requirement Engineer you will work in the product development team as the requirement specialist. You will also create strong relationship with Requirement development department and as well as engineers from purchasing organization to secure understanding of the product requirements and successful implementation. You will have good knowledge into IKEA specifications, standards, and test methods relevant for the product areas you are responsible for.

In this assignment your main responsibilities will include: 

• Develop product requirements for sustainable, safe, and functional products.
• Identify and connect legal and market specific requirements on products.
• Develop durability and functional tests that resembles real life usage over the lifetime of the product.
• Responsible to communicate technical requirements/test methods to stakeholders e.g., product development team, engineers from Purchasing Organization and Test labs.

You have a University Degree in Textile Engineering and a couple of years of experience from working with product development and/or creating and documenting product requirements. In the product requirement engineering field, you are regarded as experienced with the ability to lead yourself, take great responsibility and drive initiatives from start to finish. You have good analytical skills and high ability to coordinate, lead and inspire others.  You have a passion for sharing knowledge and the ability to explain complex matters in an easy way.  You are good at creating your own network and at working in teams and making things happen by involving and engaging people.

Finally, you also know how to apply agile development methods and you are experienced and motivated to work in a rapidly changing environment.

Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and a short motivation to why you are applying for this job – in English not later than 28th of November, 2023.

This is a permanent onsite position located at Älmhult, Sweden.

For further information regarding the assignment, please contact Hiring Manager Vendula Persson vendula.persson@inter.ikea.com

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Riyaz Inamdar, riyaz.inamdar1@inter.ikea.com