Product Lifecycle Engineer

Company Description
Our ambition at CEDO lies in creating beautiful functional products and solutions that will inspire your thoughts and improve your everyday life, health and wellbeing. We are passionate to inspire the many people in every corner of the globe to cook and eat, to decorate, personalise and create an atmosphere in the home that suits your needs along with great ideas for getting organised throughout the home. We make this happen for the many people, no matter the size of wallet. At CEDO we think that the People plan and the Business plan are two sides of the same coin. It´s by bringing people and business together, we make the magic needed to create that entrepreneurial spirit to deliver fantastic products and home furnishing solutions, and meet our goals.


Job Description
The Product Lifecycle Engineer (PLE) is a key role for our engineering team with responsibility to take care of and maintain our products. Your main tasks will be administration, documentation and verification activities, as well as taking part in and leading improvement projects. You will help to secure that product information is up-to-date and according to IKEA documentation guidelines and standards.
You will be the one who, in one hand, are identifying gaps in product documentation – and closing them.
In your job you will do as follows:
Conduct changes on product documentation including technical requirements, CAD drawings and packaging solutions
Securing the complete product documentation during the life time of the products
Lead improvement projects of the IKEA range
Support in verification and validation activities
Secure that technical product information is up-to-date and according to IKEA documentation guidelines and standards
Be part of developing the team of product life cycle engineers to secure excellent performance

We are offering you a great opportunity to get to know our Engineering from the base, as well as build up a good network in our organisation.
Qualifications
We are looking for you who have a university degree in engineering. You have a strong drive and motivation for securing the creation and maintenance of product documentation. It´s important for you to get this right, in a proactive way, and it´s here your main contribution will be. Your knowledge in 3D drawings and SolidWorks as well as IT tools for product information will be considered as an added advantage. We see that you are a committed and self-driven person with a strong will to influence and make a difference. You work in a structured way with analytical skills and to take the lead in planning and executing of your own work as well as in your contacts with internal and external stakeholders. You have strong communication skills in English and the ability to create confidence and build relations.


Additional information
The position is placed in Älmhult, Sweden.
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English latest September 13th . If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Maria Fröberg Larsson, +46 (0)766 190 996.
GROWING TOGETHER IKEA of Sweden 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.