Innovation Engineer - Development Innovation Range

lmhult is the home of IKEA of Sweden. Here the IKEA range is developed and made available to stores and customers all over the world. IKEA is built on a culture of entrepreneurship and has throughout our nearly 80year long history been known for being a challenger and thinking differently. It is part of our cultural DNA to never settle but to find new and better ways forward. Innovation and entrepreneurship will be key in developing IKEA also for the future to create a better everyday life for the many people also in the decades to come.

Do you want to be part of accelerating innovations that make a difference in life at home and for our planet Welcome to a team of people determined to solve the big problems and making the small things happen that are meaningful for the many! We work on innovations that enhance the current range and new ideas with potential for future growth as well as keeping an eye on future scenarios that will fundamentally change peoples life at home. One key capability in this work is creative and innovative engineers who are happy to say I do not know (yet) but lets figure it out together! Your daily work is to explore possible solutions to problems with many unknown parameters in areas that are new to IKEA and to develop ideas into tested and verified concepts. 

We have an exciting innovation agenda ahead of us and are now looking for new colleagues to join us.

As an Innovation Engineer in Development & Innovation you will be responsible for:
    Ensure product and concept development of new products features solutions technology and materials 
    Work crossfunctionally from an engineering perspective; plan execute and deliver full engineering readiness of proven solutions 
    Creating and/or contributing to new ideas and concepts
    Ensure that all projects deliver to scope and set objectives and goals
    Responsible to secure all documentation testing and risk assessments

To be successful in this role we believe that: You have good understanding of how we operate IKEA to contribute at an early stage through ideations/explorations as well as drilling down into specifics to develop new technical solutions into next generation products. You have deep engineering competence and proven experience managing projects.  You have an analytical mindset in combination with a holistic view on strategic business decisions and as a person you are downtoearth pragmatic solution orientated with a sparkling curiosity that will lead you forward in the unknown. You are selfdriven; you make things happen and are open to change. You have a business mindset and interest in the market and global trends and you have a sense of urgency and strive to optimize sustainability cost quality and function. You have excellent skills in building trustworthy relationships and strive to work together with your team colleagues and across departments and have during the years built a strong network with partners across the IKEA landscape.

We are looking for you with and engineering background with experience from product development. You have deep interest and knowledge about construction design and materials. You are in the fore front of new technical solutions and are well updated on industry trends and understand the different costdrivers within production. You are used to work in the unknown and have a broad network around you. You have well developed personal and interpersonal leadership and experience in project management.  Good communication and university degree in engineering or equivalent qualification. Fluent in English both written and spoken

Additional Information
There are 1 permanent position and 1 temporary position both are based in lmhult Sweden.

Sounds interesting
Please send us your application your CV and your answers on the three questions below in English no later than 16th of March.

Please answer these questions together with your application:
1.    Describe your experience based on IKEAs product development process
2.    Describe your project experience and your role in the project(s)
3.    Why do you think you are the right candidate for this job 

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates.

If you have any questions about the position please contactHiring Manager Thomas Hrberg at  

Regarding the recruitment process please contact Recruiter Jonas Levin at

We look forward to your application!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime