Mechanical Design Engineer

• Develop technical product design and solution that meets identified product requirements, business ambitions and customer needs
• Be an important contributor in exploring and deploying new innovations and materials
• Implement and apply IKEA standard materials, solutions, and platforms to drive cost savings and meet sustainability ambitions
• Collaborating with development partners, designers, and manufacturers to ensure design specifications are met
• Evaluate constructions with calculations and simulations together with our in-house FEA-engineers before testing on prototypes
• Mitigate product risks to secure safe and well-functioning products
• Ensure that our products are developed with both supplier and customer in focus – having robust design / design for manufacturing in mind and deploying easy assembly solutions
• Create, document and maintain the digital 3D models and 2D drawings with all relevant dimensions and tolerances according to the IKEA CAD Standard
• Create technical documentation like assembly instructions, assembly time, bill of components and other specifying product documentation
• Break down product construction to relevant part structure level

• Higher technical or University degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience and being well versed in material science, FEM-analysis and mechanical design
• Previous experience in product development for some years
• Experience with mechanical design, geometric dimensioning, tolerancing, simulation, drawing techniques and 3D-modelling
• Knowledge using Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs and product lifecycle management systems such as SolidWorks and PTC Windchill

• Great communication skills
• Ability to lead yourself to make things happen
• Analytical and creative skills
• Ability to transfer knowledge, concepts, and ideas into technical product designs and solutions

Permanent position