Test Development Engineer – Material Development

The product range - our identity” and Range & Product Engineering is one of the most important enablers to ensure that we live up to the IKEA vision. Creating preconditions for range and product development in IKEA to enable better products at lower costs and faster time to market while also developing tools, ways of working and provide IKEA with engineering and specialist competence within a defined capability area.

Overall responsibility is to support product development for IKEA. To lead, develop, and improve development testing and to support with material, component and product test data that provides prerequisites for simulation performed by specialists in areas belonging to INTER Ikea.

Join us on our exciting journey towards becoming a pronounced development lab, and you get to help shape our new way of working together with: Requirement Development, Business Areas, Categories, IKEA Components, and more stakeholders. Togetherness is one of the values we believe will help us move forward and create a positive atmosphere where people can grow and enjoy every day work together.

What do you get to do?
You will be accountable for ensuring both capabilities and capacity for the Material / Simulation area.
The assignment includes an indirect leadership for the area.
Be part of creating strategic and operative directions for the area.
Be the point of entry, lead, participate and contribute to development projects. 
Be active and create an IKEA internal network and contribute to planning activities. 
Communicate relevant information internally at IKEA Test Lab. 
Create internal instructions.
Contribute to development of new and updated test methods.
Perform testing, make assessments, draw conclusions, and validate test data/results. 
Contribute to the investment process.
Represent the area in development meetings

Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English before February 27th. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. We are interviewing continuously and will the close the advert when we find the right candidate.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact hiring manager Charlott Jönsson at +46 72-886 40 37

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Jakob Bergström at +46 70-147 48 90.
Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English before March 6th. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. We are interviewing continuously and will the close the advert when we find the right candidate.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact hiring manager Lars Almblad at +46 0702012778

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Specialist Jakob Bergström at +46 70-147 48 90.