Product Lifecycle Engineer

Company Description

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.

In Range area Bedroom furniture, we are a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “To create a better everyday life for the many people”. We develop safe and affordable products for a beautiful, playful and more convenient life at home. Everything we do is based on a spirit of togetherness, curiosity, and enthusiasm, and now we are looking for someone who shares our positive attitude and values.

We are looking for our next Product Lifecycle Engineer that will support our development and lifecycle our technical documentation. This is a 12 month contract.

Job Description

What is the job all about?

As Product Lifecycle Engineer (PLE) you will be responsible for the support to the engineering team with administration, documentation, and verification activities. You will help to ensure that product information is up-to-date and according to IKEA documentation guidelines and standards. 

Main responsibly and tasks:

• Responsible for making moderate changes to products including technical requirements, CAD drawings and labels. 
• Securing that technical product documentation is up to date and according to IKEA documentation guidelines and standards. 
• Support our highly efficient engineering team, in running range operations
• Finding and acting on gaps in product documentation.
• Taking responsibility for the legal compliance marking of the products. 
• Working closely with engineers in several teams including purchasing organization and several product areas in parallel.

To succeed in your role, you need to be able to take and give responsibility, lead yourself and work together with stakeholders from different functions and departments throughout our organization.

Are you up for the challenge? Then this just might be for you!

Qualifications

Who are we looking for?

Ideally, you have a Degree in Engineering. We also want to see that you are:
• Passionate about keeping things in order

• Committed and self-driven with a strong will to influence and make a difference. 

• Working in a structured way and take the lead in planning and executing your own work.

• Knowledgeable in 3D drawings and SolidWorks
• Structured in your ways of working and you have strong analytical skills
• Strong in your communication skills and build good relations based on trust.
• Self-motivated with a goal- and delivery-oriented mindset with a passion for details.
• Highly committed to your assignment with confidence to drive yourself. 

IKEA of Sweden is a truly global environment, with colleagues from all over the world and you therefore need to be fluent in English both verbal and written.

Please note that this assignment is a temporary contract for 12 months 

Additional Information

We look forward to receiving your application, CV and answer to the below questions, in English, by or before the 20th February 2025.

• Which of the IKEA core values do you feel the strongest connection to? 
• What do you believe your biggest early impact would be in this role? 

For questions about the role, please contact the Hiring Manager Peter Månsson:

 [email protected]

Do you have questions about the recruitment process? Please contact the People & Culture Recruiter Carolina:

[email protected]