Product Engineer – Ceramics

At IKEA, we're driven by a simple vision: to create a better everyday life for the many people.

By developing well-designed, functional, and affordable home furnishing products, we aim to make everyday life better for people around the world. Our value chain spans product development, sourcing, manufacturing, and retail, and success comes from close collaboration with colleagues and suppliers across the globe.

In Category Ceramics, you'll be part of a team working to develop and improve products that reach millions of homes. Together, we continuously challenge ourselves to find better ways of working, improve sustainability, and create products that combine great design, quality, and affordability.

As a Product Engineer – Ceramics, you will be responsible for bringing products from development into successful production. Working closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams, you will secure that products meet requirements for quality, compliance, functionality, sustainability, and affordability.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine product development, manufacturing, and supplier collaboration while contributing to products that make a difference for the many people.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Leading the implementation of new products, product changes, and product improvements.
• Securing product readiness through risk assessments, testing, validation, and technical documentation.
• Supporting suppliers during industrialization and production start-up activities.
• Driving product quality and compliance, including managing deviations and improvement actions.
• Developing supplier capabilities and supporting continuous improvements in production performance.
• Building strong partnerships with suppliers and stakeholders across product development, sourcing, and supply.
• Contributing to material development and sustainability ambitions within the category.

We believe you have experience within product engineering, manufacturing, quality, supplier development, or a related field and enjoy turning product ideas into successful production solutions.

To be successful in this role, you bring:

• Experience from product implementation, industrialization, manufacturing, or product development.
• Knowledge of production processes, materials, quality requirements, and technical documentation.
• The ability to identify risks, solve technical challenges, and drive continuous improvements.
• Strong analytical skills and a structured way of working.
• Professional proficiency in English.

Experience from ceramics manufacturing, product development, or related material-intensive industries is highly valued. At the same time, we welcome candidates from other manufacturing industries who bring strong product engineering and supplier development experience.

You are someone who:

• Enjoys collaboration and building long-term partnerships.
• Takes initiative and drives work forward with energy and curiosity.
• Balances attention to detail with a holistic business perspective.
• Is comfortable leading initiatives and working with multiple stakeholders.
• Shares IKEA values and contributes to an open and inclusive environment.

What We Offer

At IKEA, you will be part of an international environment where development and learning are a natural part of everyday work. You will have the opportunity to deepen your expertise in product engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supplier development while collaborating with colleagues and partners across our global value chain.

Most importantly, you'll help create products that combine good design, functionality, quality, and affordability for the many people.

We recruit based on values, competence, potential, and diversity. We believe that different perspectives make us stronger and help us create better solutions for our customers and our business. Please send in you application latest by 28/7. We review applications continuously and encourage you to apply as soon as possible.