Technical Specialist within Global Test, IKEA of Sweden

As Technical Specialist within Global Test at IKEA of Sweden you will be responsible for the operational activities for our external test labs regarding our physical products. You will work in close collaboration with both internal stakeholders as well as external ones such as our external test lab to help them understand IKEAs direction.

The task of the assignment is to analyse and assess our external test partners and to ensure that new test methods are connected to approved labs and to IKEA’s capacity needs. Your responsible will be to Round Robin activities to resolve operational tasks and deviations, both with external and internal (ITCS & ITL) labs. Furthermore, you will be involved in the following activities:
Communication with IKEA approved test labs (Methods, meetings, audits, RR)
Close contact with the Requirement specialists in the different areas
Taking part in audits when we see deviations in external test labs
Host network meetings with internal and external test labs
Contribute to the strategy for our external test labs


Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. The last day to send your application is September 4th, 2022.

This position will be based in Älmhult, Sweden. If you have questions about the recruitment process, contact People & Culture Recruiter Maria Fröberg Larsson, +46 766190996

The Global Test assignment is a part of the IKEA Range & Product Development organization, responsible to develop relevant, well performing, and compliant products for all markets where IKEA is present. A very important part in this is to enable verification capabilities from development throughout the value chain.