Mechanical Design Engineer

at  IKEA

Job ID: R0010099
Date posted: 23/01/2025
Would you like to be part of creating a better everyday life for the many people? By developing affordable products and solutions for people all around the world? Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden and here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers across the world.
Mechanical Design plays a major role in the product development process, from robust design, packaging optimization, easy assembly to customer satisfaction. Smart solutions and good design define our customers’ quality perception.
In Range Area Seating, we are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Engineering Lifecycle Team. In this assignment you will mainly focus on maintaining and improving our running range in close collaboration with our Development Teams, Categories and other stakeholders in our value chain.
It will be various tasks in your assignment, like working with improvement projects as well as updating and maintaining products and product documentation in our running range.

• Develop and update technical product design and solution that meets identified product requirements, business ambitions and customer needs.
• Create technical product design using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and 3D modelling programs.
• Implement and apply IKEA standard materials, solutions, and platforms to drive cost savings and meet sustainability and circularity ambitions.
• Collaborating with development partners, designers, and manufacturers to ensure design specifications are met.
• Initiate development tests and computer simulations to optimize and verify product design and technical solutions.
• Mitigate product risks to secure safe products.
• Create and update technical documentation like 3D models, technical drawings, assembly instructions, assembly time, bill of components and other specifying product documentation.
• Identify and give recommendations for After Sales Parts from a quality and circular perspective.
• Break down product construction to relevant part structure level with all ingoing components and fittings.
• We are looking for a team player who is passionate about creating the best products for the customer at the right price, with the right quality, and with a clear focus on sustainability.
• We believe that you are a structured and fact-based decision maker with the ability to prioritize and share your insights to support the business.
• We believe that you have a University Degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as theoretical and practical background within Mechanical Engineering and its impact of the value chain - from raw material to the co-worker and customer perspective.
• You have knowledge in mechanical design in terms of drawing technique, geometric dimensioning, tolerancing, simulations and 3D-modelling.
• Knowledge using Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs and product lifecycle management systems such as SolidWorks and PTC Windchill.
• For this position we highly value great communication skills and the ability to lead yourself to make things happen.
• You are thriving in working in the unknown, finding new solutions and have a passion to learn and make things happen.
  To be successful, you also need to have both analytical and creative skills and the ability to transfer knowledge, concepts, and ideas into mechanical design solutions. You are curious and work together with others to create the best solution.
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