SASEA - VN - Mechanical Design Engineer - Development Centre SEA

IKEA Development Centre Southeast Asia (DevC SEA)

As an extended arm of IKEA of Sweden, our Product Development located Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City are here to deliver IKEA products of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. With simplicity, speed, and low cost by leveraging product development capabilities close to our partners in Southeast Asia area, we are now looking for Mechanical Design Engineer!

• Develop technical product design and solution that meets identified product requirements, business ambitions and customer needs.
• Implement and apply IKEA standard materials, solutions, and platforms to drive cost savings and meet sustainability and circularity ambitions.
• Create technical product design using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and 3D modelling programs.
• Collaborating with development partners, designers, and manufacturers to ensure design specifications are met.
• Mitigate product risks to secure safe products.
• Create technical documentation like 3D models, technical drawings, assembly instructions, assembly time, bill of components and other specifying product documentation.
• Identify and give recommendations for After Sales Parts from a quality and circular perspective.
• Break down product construction to relevant part structure level with all ingoing components and fittings.

We are looking for you who has:

• Engineering education background.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.
• Relevant product development, production, and material. Understanding cost drivers, sustainable and circular solutions.
• Experience in home furniture industry would be a plus.
• Mechanical design, geometric dimensioning, tolerancing, simulation, drawing techniques and 3D modeling.
• Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs (mandatory-SolidWorks; preferable-Blender (3D max), CLO) and product lifecycle management systems (preferable Windchill).
• Product documentation and verification methods.
• An ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability.
• Translate project concept, ideas, ambitions and requirements into technical product designs and solutions.
• Ability to work in multiple projects and development teams in parallel.
• Work in teams and make things happen by involving and engaging others.
• Passionate about solving problems to create better solutions and products for our customers.
• Get energy from fulfilling goals/plans and seeing the result of a team effort.

Sounds interesting?
Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English by 30th of Ocotber. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role.