Prototype Engineer within Wood

IKEA of Sweden (IOS), Älmhult, is where the IKEA products is developed and made available to our stores and customers all over the world. It is here that we explore the future and create ideas and innovations for a better everyday life at home for the many people. With the IKEA vision – to create a better everyday life for the many people - as a starting point, we focus on creating capabilities and solutions that are relevant in the life at home today and tomorrow. The Prototype Shop supports the product development process with prototypes of products and technical solutions. Here we create the unique IKEA prototypes and give technical support to designers, product developers and engineers. The goal is to always contribute to development of products and new innovations.

Are you the one who´s turning upside down on furniture, trying to figure out the construction at the same time that you are annoying your partner?

Do you get that glimpse of deep interest in your eyes when you are looking at a sketch of construction?

Do you know why prestige is the opposite of true cooperation and knowledge sharing?

Would you call yourself a bit of a nerd when it comes to realising a construction, as in product in real life?

Is creative your middle name?

If yes – please keep on reading!

The assignment

IKEA of Sweden is looking for an Engineer to our Prototype shop when one of the team members will retire during the spring.  

A common day in the team often starts with a question coming in from our development organisation, for a technical challenge, within the development process. You will take the expectations and needs from requests and drawings to a creation of a prototype, that demonstrates the product design and it’s characteristics. In other words – you will give life to our great ideas. It could also be that you stepping in as a speaking partner to share your knowledge and ideas on tricky questions. You will work in a dynamic and high-tech workshop environment where the latest equipment such as CNC routers, 3D printers, Laser-cutters and other sophisticated hardware and software are part of your available tools.

Our team work cross functional within and are sharing competence and experience in the interaction with other specialists.

And of course – you will have a lot of fun!