Product Design Engineer - Living Room

Job Description
It is about leading and executing the engineering product design part end to end in the product development of sofas and sofabeds. The role of the Product Design Engineer (PDE) is therefore to:
Identify the need for and outline technical concepts and solutions within a scoped project
Plan detailed engineering activities in a project
Deliver activities to agreed plans
Secure performance of a product regarding all technical aspects before execution
Verify the final technical solution based on customer needs and technical requirements
Deploy the latest technical developments connected to industry and categories
Execute engineering activities end to end independently

The PDE is highly involved in defining, executing and delivering the product development project as well as securing the right competence and resources from a technical perspective. Delivery, leadership, communication and working with people are a large focus in this role.
Are you someone who brings enthusiasm and by empowering people around you exceed expectations? Are you driven by developing new innovative products, which meet the future needs of our customers? Do you see solutions rather that problems? Then the PDE role might be for you. You are curious, with an easy going, straight forward approach, and is driven by creating pre-requisites for innovation, problem solving and have a sound business mind. But most importantly – always with the customer in focus.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you need to be an excellent communicator, capable of taking decisions in an ever changing environment and have a strong passion for people - to lead, manage and motivate. To achieve efficient, flexible, highly motivated and successful teams the PDE shows the way by stepping in not only leading but also doing engineering tasks depending on the need in the project and the portfolio. This means a broad rather than deep engineering competence profile is preferable. You are able to create togetherness by working with and through others, as well as stepping in and working hands on when the situation calls for it. An analytical mind-set in combination with a holistic view on strategic business decisions and the capability to build strong relations, trust and having fun with stakeholders and team members is essential. You will interact and work together with stakeholders from all around IKEA and the world. Our corporate language is English, so fluency both verbally and in writing is required.
We see that you have:
University Degree in Engineering or equivalent
Project Management experience (planning, execution, risk management)
Product engineering knowledge (CAE tools, prototyping, documentation and verification methods)
Democratic design awareness and a good understanding of the IKEA Business Model
Supply Chain knowledge (cost drivers, handling of goods and raw material)
Product Area knowledge

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering working environment in a global marketplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us. At IKEA we believe that when you as an individual grow - IKEA grows!
Additional information
Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English before March 19th. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. We will review applications continuously and might close the job posting earlier than stated, therefore don't wait and submit your application today!
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Hiring Manager Camilla Rööst at +46 72-193 70 04. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Recruiter Jakob Bergström at +46 70-147 48 90