Mechanical Design Engineer

Are you our new Mechanical Design Engineer?
We are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer who together with us will develop the IKEA product offer. Come and join me, Vendula and my amazing team in Älmhult!

Business Area TESEC consists of Textiles, Collections and Social entrepreneurs’ business development. In BA TESEC 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”

The feeling of comfort when sleeping on a well design pillow is important in people's everyday lives. Good comfort is what makes people want to use the product repeatedly. Good comfort defines our customers' quality perception.

Within BA Textile, Collections and Social entrepreneurs we are now looking for someone who will lead the mechanical design development within textile and window products. You will work in a team with designer, project leader, requirement specialist. Everything we do is based on a spirit of togetherness, curiosity and enthusiasm.
In this recruitment, we are looking for someone who has a strong drive, who takes initiatives and are used to drive your own agenda. You like to work in team constellation and to collaborate with a wide network of colleagues. 

Your main tasks will be to develop, document and maintain the digital 3D models and 2D drawings with all relevant dimensions and tolerances according to IKEA CAD Standards. To be the main contact with IKEA of Sweden prototype department and to drive the implementation of Digital Product Development, DPD.

If you have experience from working with textile, it´s meritorious but equally important is that you are curious and eager to learn about the characteristics of different materials.
We hope that this add catches your interest!

You have good experience in product development, handling different kind of materials and production methods. Knowledge of SolidWorks and an experience working with plastic and metal will be considered as an added advantage.

As a person you have a genuine and practical technical interest, who knows how to make things happen. Furthermore, you have strong communication skills and the ability to create good relations build on trust. 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 in written.

Does this sound like your next challenge?
Please note that we will interview continuously, so please send us your application online as soon as possible, but on April 8th the latest.

For more information or any questions regarding this position, please contact Malin Augustsson, Deputy Quality Compliance Manager via e-mail at malin.augustsson@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please connect with Helena Sjölander at Helena.sjolander@inter.ikea.com

IKEA offers well-designed, functional home furnishings at prices so low that as many people as possible can afford them. The role of IKEA Purchasing & Logistics is to buy, produce and distribute the IKEA range at the lowest total cost, making high quality available to the customer under good social and environmental conditions. Purchasing & Logistics Area North (PLAN) is one of 8 Purchasing & Logistics Areas in the world, and our co-workers are based in Älmhult, Dortmund, Moscow and Kaunas. PLAN consists of several functions, such as Purchasing Development, Transport & Logistics Services, Customs Service Centre, Quality Support Centre and Warehousing Logistics.

 
The position is in Älmhult, Sweden. If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact our Recruiting Manager Vendula Persson, +46 (0) 766190368. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Christina Appelqvist, +467766-113408.

Sounds interesting? Submit your application, written in English, as soon as possible, not later than April 17th. 
We are looking forward to your application!

Älmhult is home to IKEA Range & Supply that has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA retail channels with home furnishing solutions available for the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces around 2,000 new products around the world and the total range is almost 10,000. So, what happens in Älmhult doesn’t stay in Älmhult. It reaches practically every corner of the globe.


We have a new IKEA direction with many opportunities within our reach and we are taking next steps together to set ourselves up for success. Over the next few years, all of us need to be better than ever. We will strengthen the core of what we do in Range & Supply. 
The product range – our identity and Range & Product Engineering is one of the most important enablers to ensure that we live up to the IKEA vision.