Product Requirement Engineer - BA TESEC

Range & Product Engineering is part of Range & Product Development in Inter IKEA. The Product Engineering organization enables, thru innovation and advanced engineering to live up to and strengthen our democratic design and thereby support the Business Areas to deliver to better homes and better products.

Business Area TESEC consists of Textiles, Collections and Social entrepreneur’s business development. In BA TESEC we are a group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing and making the impossible possible. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “To create a better everyday life for the many people”. 

We are now looking for a Product Requirement Engineer 
Please note that this is a temporary position for 20 months and will start as soon as possible

Do you want to be part of developing great products that will take IKEA into the future where we even stronger position ourselves as a leader in life at home? Do you want to be responsible to capture technical, safety, legal and market demands for the product area you work in, as well as develop new tangible, technical requirements built on the insights of customer’s needs, expectations and behaviors? 

In BA TESEC we develop time limited collections which include articles surprising with new design, functions and materials. Here you will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of product types and face many technical challenges every day.

As a Product Requirement Engineer you will be part of product development team to deliver new collections as technical specialist.

You will be technical responsible to identify and assign relevant product requirements to variety of product types including products with electrical/electronic components, textiles, candles, ceramic, glass etc. Develop part of the technical documentation for new products with focus on compliance and quality. You will also secure all relevant documents are connected to product documentation and maintain it up to date throughout product life.

Furthermore, we would like you to: 
•    Develop test plans based on product requirements
•    Prepare prototypes and make them available for test labs
•    Make test orders, analyze and draw conclusions from test results and take decision on next step in the development together with other members in the development teams
•    In cooperation with Requirement’s development department work on new requirements and test methods when needed.
•    Have a close dialogue with the purchasing organization and suppliers to secure successful implementation of product documentation and create understanding for the technical agenda. 

The position is temporary for 20 months and located in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has excellent commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg two times a day. 

If you have any questions about the position you are welcome to contact Nikolay Pishiev +46 723527052. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact Christina Appelqvist, +46 766113408.
We look forward to receiving your application in English, at the latest 30th of May 2021.