Hej Master thesis student,
Do you want to furnish the future to make room for everyone?
With us, you can feel at home at work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Master thesis student, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
We are now looking for a student who wants to write their Master thesis at IKEA of Sweden from mid-January to June 2026. Your key assignment is to develop a methodology to test and simulate humidity effect on wood-based materials.
Your new assignment
IKEA has committed to making life at home for our customers easy, by offering home furnishing products and accessories at a price many can afford. We do this by sticking to our well tried, tested and proven ‘Democratic Design Principles’. The five dimensions of Democratic Design are sustainability, quality, low price, form and function: none of which are negotiable.
Having IKEA stores all around the globe comes with the challenge that all our products should withstand a wide range of climatic conditions, from cold and dry to hot and humid.
We invite you to explore with us the future (improved) way of working with different types of engineered wood and develop methodology to address how to test and/or simulate effects of humidity on our furniture made from engineered wood. The work involves varied tasks like extensive testing in a climate chamber, measurement using state of the art digital image correlation system and develop a simulation model by using measured data.
The deliverables are:
- Develop simulation material model for humidity to be used in Finite Element Analysis.
- Arrange and present the test data, from DOE’s in order to make meaningful conclusions.
- An end report written in English.
What we’d like you to bring to the table
We think that you:
- Have a background in mechanical engineering
- Are curious and courageous to try new things
- Have strong skills in quantitative analysis and enjoy working with large data
- Enjoy working in an international and multi-disciplinary team
- Are fluent in English
More information
Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.
This assignment belongs to the Product Engineering department in the Range area Bedroom. The work will partly be carried out on location in Älmhult and can partly be done remotely. Therefore, you have to be able to travel to Älmhult several days a week.
Please note: To apply for this thesis assignment, you have to be enrolled in a thesis course at university level at a Swedish University.
We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by the 31st of October. Please submit both your CV and motivation letter in English. We will start reviewing applications as they come in, so don’t wait to apply!
In case you are two students wishing to write this thesis together we ask you to please submit one application each and clearly state the other person’s name your wish to collaborate with.
At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, or what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs.
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.
For any questions about the role please contact [email protected]. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact [email protected].
We look forward to hearing from you!
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What We Do
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment.
The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers.
The IKEA retail business is operated through a franchise system. Today, 12 different groups of companies market and sell the IKEA product range under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Any jobs published on this page are offered by different companies operating under the IKEA Trademark.
IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943.
