Product Lifecycle Engineer

Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. At IKEA of Sweden you will work in a truly international and dynamic environment. You will have different opportunities to learn new skills and where the goal always is to create a better everyday life for the many people.
Business Area Kitchen & Dining is having ambitious plans to continue developing and securing our top position.  Are you the right person to join us?

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.

To be successful in this role, you will work closely with the engineers in the product development teams as well as to have a close dialogue with the purchasing organization, suppliers and third party test laboratories to secure for the successful product- implementation. You will be working with several teams and product areas in parallel. 

You will be having good insight into IKEA specifications and test methods and keep them updated on changes in legislation and other external requirements that may influence the product areas. You will work with documentation for new product developments as well as with improvements in the running range.

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


If you have any questions about the position please contact Bo Persson, Range Engineering Leader Appliances, +46 72-352 84 53 and regarding the recruitment process, please contact People & Culture Recruiter Jakob Bergström +46 70-147 48 90. 

We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest 9th of January, 2022. 

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates.