Master Thesis - FEA - IKEA of Sweden

We are now looking for a student/s who wants to write their Master thesis at IKEA Range from September to Dec 2025.

IKEA has committed to making life at home for our customers easy, by offering home furnishing products and accessories at a price many can afford. We do this by sticking to our well tried, tested and proven ‘Democratic Design Principles’, five dimensions of democratic design are Sustainability, Quality, Low price, Form and Function: none of the above 5 dimensions are negotiable.

IKEA having its presence globally, which comes with a challenge that all our products should withstand different levels of climatic conditions, from cold and dry condition to hot and humid.

We invite you to explore with us the future(improved) way of working with different types of engineered wood and develop methodology to address how to test and/or simulate effects of humidity on our furniture made from engineered wood.

Job Description

We are looking for a master thesis student to work on the development of a methodology to test and simulate humidity effect on wood-based materials. The work involves varied tasks like extensive testing in climate chamber, measurement using state of the art digital image correlation system, develop simulation model by using measured data.

The deliverables are:

• Develop simulation material model for humidity
• Arrange/present the test data, from DOE’s in order to make meaningful conclusions.

Qualifications

Our candidate should have:

• A background in mechanical engineering
• Curious and courageous to try new things
• Strong skills in quantitative analysis and enjoy working with large data.
• Enjoy working in an international and multi-disciplinary team
• Fluent in English

Additional information

For any questions about the role please contact praveen.kulkarni@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact jonas.levin@inter.ikea.com

We are looking forward to your application! Please submit both your CV and motivation letter in English by latest June 11.

Please note: To take part of the Thesis work, you have to be enrolled in a thesis course at university level at a Swedish University.

In case you are two students wishing to write this Thesis together we ask you to please submit one application each and clearly state the other persons name your wish to collaborate together with.