Mechanical Design Engineer
Ikea Of Sweden AB / Datajobb / Älmhult
2025-01-23
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Can you really reach out to the whole world, creating a better everyday life for the many people? In Älmhult, Sweden you can. Älmhult is home to IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. We are here to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. That is our promise, and we do this every day with great passion and energy.
In Range Area Children's IKEA we believe that children are the most important people in the world and home is a great playground. We know that play is learning for life, sleep is growing for life and that time together with family and friends is most important. By taking a 100% child perspective, we show kids and their parents that we are on your side.
We also know that they struggle with small wallets, lack of time and a lot of pressure. This is why we have decided to become the world's most affordable and sustainable home furnishing destination for children and their families. Our range crosses all the functions found at IKEA, from beds to textiles, closets to boxes, desks to soft toys. We have a truly diverse range and a wide variety of materials!
To our amazing Engineering team at Range Area Children's IKEA we are now looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer!
As our new Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be a key person in the development of new children's products, and you will work with a big variety of product types and materials.
Develop the mechanical design in different materials and functions, from concept sketch to final product, always having all aspects of Democratic Design in mind.
Search for, develop and deploy innovative solutions and materials.
To ensure that all mechanical requirements (legal as functional) are covered by the product design.
To develop, document and maintain digital 3D models and 2D drawings with all relevant dimensions and tolerances according to IKEA CAD Standards.
To evaluate designs with Calculations and (FEM) simulations together with our in-house FEA experts before testing on prototypes.
To be the main contact with IKEA of Sweden prototype department.
Evaluate product improvement initiatives suggested by our business partners.
Act on product deviations connected to safety, quality and compliance.
As a person you are confident in your expertise, have a less prestige approach and understand when to include stakeholders and create alignment. We believe that you are a highly committed and self-driven person that can work in several team constellations at the same time. You have probably a university degree in mechanical engineering and experience of working with product development in different kinds of materials and production methods. You have very good competence in 3D CAD engineering with a good understanding of FEM analysis and basic structural dimensioning, and you know how to transfer your knowledge into a mass production environment. You are a problem solver with strong communication skills with the ability to build relations. You have a passion for details, and you are motivated by working in a rapidly changing environment. You can work with product documentation, even when it becomes repetitive, and you can also be very pragmatic and with a hands-on approach.
To be successful in this role we believe you have:
Extensive experience of working with SolidWorks.
Experience in working with different materials, some examples among others could be plastics (injection molding), wood and steel.
Experience in mass production processes and robust design.
You will get a ton of trust from managers and colleagues and there will be high expectations of you to perform and develop yourself and the business. Your manager will do the best to clear the way so that you can succeed in your job and develop towards your best self at work and most importantly: You will be part of a team with smart, hardworking, caring and down-to-earth people.
This is a permanent role based in Älmhult. We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.
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Additional information
Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application. Please upload your CV and include your responses to the following two questions - in English, no later than 6 February 2025. Be sure to keep your answers short and concise:
What do you think you would bring to this role and makes you an ideal candidate?
What inspired you to apply for this position, and how do you believe your experience matches the key requirements for the role?
Please note that we are continuously interviewing candidates and may close the ad earlier.
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Arbetsgivare Ikea Of Sweden AB (org.nr 556074-7551)
Tulpanvägen 8 (
visa karta)
343 81 ÄLMHULT
Arbetsplats Ikea Of Sweden
Jobbnummer 9121814