Software engineer

Company Description
At Business Area (BA) IKEA Home Smart you will join an amazing group of talented, passionate people with an entrepreneurial mindset who are set on democratising the smart home.
We develop smart products to enable a smarter life at home for people all over the world. We are curious and passionate about creating solutions that solve real-life problems, helping people realise their dreams, all on their terms, because we believe everyone deserves a smart home.
To succeed, we look for new ways of integrating technology and digital solutions into furniture and life at home. We explore opportunities throughout the home, and we work closely with other Business Areas to both drive transformation of the existing range and develop new smart products to attract new customers to IKEA. We’re still at the beginning, there’s lots more to come.
Job Description
At Home Smart, we impact millions of customers around the world, every day, bringing home automation and intelligent products to many people.
We believe we are lucky to have brought together some of the best and most passionate engineers in the business; operating with autonomy and independence, you will work in an empowered team to help develop our next generation of electronics and hardware.

You will be responsible for:
Pitching new ideas, setting prerequisites of hardware, and prototyping new products.
Being the primary contact for our 3rd party hardware supplier.
Contributing to, and reviewing the hardware layout.
Defining our standard hardware solution library.
Defining hardware platforms with suppliers.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, we believe you have:
A minimum of 3 years’ hardware engineering experience.
Experience in hardware layout reviews.
Experience in component selection, schematic designs, lab environments, and performing HW-related tests.
A genuine interest in electronics and the development of hardware.

It would be a big plus if you also have:
Knowledge in digital system design at the board level.
Interest in low-level software programming.
Knowledge of DCDC and ACDC converters.
Good understanding of radio modules and standard communication protocols such as UART, I2C, and SPI.

Additional Information
Does this sound like something you would love to be part of? If so, please apply through the link with your CV and letter of motivation – in English.
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. Any questions? please contact aorui.pu1@inter.ikea.com for more information about the recruitment process.