Product Requirement Engineer (Electronics)

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products. 

For the Business Area Childrens & Lighting (CHILI) we are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer with a focus in Electronics.  

We are looking for a Product Requirement Engineer that can translate customer’s wishes into technical requirements. You will be responsible to identify and develop product requirements that will make electrical products safe, loved by our customer and sellable on all our markets.

As Product Requirement Engineer you will work in the product development team as the Product requirement engineer. You will also create strong relationship with Requirement development department, external service providers, test lab as well as engineers from purchasing organisation to secure understanding of the product requirements and successful implementation. You will have good knowledge into IKEA specifications, standards and test methods relevant for the product areas you are responsible for.   

In this assignment your main responsibilities will be:  
Develop product requirements for sustainable, safe and functional products 
Identify and connect legal and market specific requirements on products 
Develop durability and functional tests that resembles real life usage over the lifetime of the product 
Responsible to communicate technical requirements/test methods to stakeholders e.g. product development team, engineers from Purchasing Organisation and Test labs 
Additionally, you will be responsible for:  
Ensure product compliance during the product lifecycle. (Electronics) 
Identify and, if needed, develop customer-based technical requirements. 
Apply relevant verification methods. 
Develop the verification plan of the complete product, covering the product lifecycle. 
Communicate technical requirements to necessary partners during the product development phase (IKEA of Sweden, IKEA Components, Category, IKEA Industry etc.) 
Capture learnings and actively share knowledge connected to requirements. 
Identify compliance gaps in product documentation and give input to action plan. 


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

If you have any questions about the role please don’t hesitate to contact hiring manager Ivan Susak at Ivan.susak@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruitment consultant Todd Graham at todd.graham@inter.ikea.com. 

Please apply no later than the Wednesday the 10th  of December but note that we are interviewing continuously and will the close the advert if we find the right candidate before closing date.