Product Engineer
IKEA of Sweden AB · Älmhult · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-10-25
IKEA of Sweden AB is recruiting 10 **Product Engineers** within Food Engineering in Älmhult, working in either the Product Requirements team or the Product Realisation team. The position focuses on translating approved product concepts and intended specifications into compliant, scalable, and commercially viable food products. Responsibilities include co-developing and maintaining technical specifications, managing products throughout their lifecycle, assessing taste and sensory performance, and coordinating product testing and market compliance. The role is based primarily on-site in Älmhult and involves **supplier travel as needed** to verify feasibility, manufacturability, and technical readiness. Candidates must have a **relevant education in food engineering**, food science, product development, process engineering, or an equivalent discipline. Applicants need experience in food-product engineering, food development, or a comparable technical role, alongside knowledge of food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and sensory evaluation. Direct collaboration with suppliers and experience managing technical documentation and certificates are required. Familiarity with developed and selected supplier products, product and packaging information systems, and multi-market regulatory environments is considered an advantage. Qualified co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group are considered first.
Inter IKEA Group connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and ensures alignment of the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone.
With our desirable and sustainable offer, Food is an essential part of the IKEA experience and our Swedish heritage. It is a strong reason for customers to visit, stay longer, and return more often. Food is often also a starting point to connect with the IKEA Brand. It shall always be convenient for customers to enjoy our accessible food offer in different store formats and at every meeting point – always with a focus on families with children.
This role is positioned in Food Engineering, Range. You will belong to the Product Realisation team, reporting to the Product Realisation Manager or Product Requirement, reporting to Product Requirement Manager. The team turns approved requirements and product intent into compliant, technically robust and market-ready food products.
Our team is based in Älmhult. We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.
This role will require the ability to travel to and work at different supplier locations as needed.
We are looking to recruit 10 Product Engineers.
Job Description
As Product Engineer, you will ensure the successful realization of product requirements into compliant, scalable, and commercially viable products. Through intended specifications, product documentation, engineering delivery, and execution readiness, the role enables consistent implementation of approved product concepts across suppliers, markets, and regulatory environments. You will be involved early in product development and product selection, working with Range, Product Requirements, Sourcing, Packaging, Food Safety & Quality, Supply and suppliers.
You will either work in Product Requirements team or Product Realization team.
Product Requirements
Co-develops and maintains intended specifications for global products and secures their successful realization. Ensures intended specifications accurately reflect approved requirements and support compliant, scalable, and consistent product implementation across markets.
Product Realization
Implements and maintain product documentation based on approved intended specifications, ensuring compliant and commercially viable execution across suppliers and markets.
On a typical working day, you will:
- Co-develop and maintain the intended specification
- Translate intended specifications and approved requirements into realised product solutions
- Manage food products throughout the product lifecycle within defined frameworks
- Assess products against taste, sensory, quality and performance expectations
- Create and maintain accurate realised specifications
- Secure product compliance readiness for applicable markets
- Coordinate product validation, testing and technical assessments
- Work with suppliers to verify feasibility, manufacturability and product robustness
- Secure the quality and completeness of product information, certificates and technical documentation
- Identify product risks early and drive technical issue resolution
- Secure product and technical readiness before launch
- Lead product-related changes and improvements throughout the lifecycle
- Determine whether a change remains within the intended specification or requires escalation
- Lead product-related root-cause analysis and corrective actions
- Collaborate with Production Engineers where product and production causes interact
Qualifications
The role as Product Engineer requires you to:
- Experience in food-product engineering, food development, product realisation or a comparable technical role
- Understanding of how requirements and intended specifications translate into practical product solutions
- Knowledge of food safety, quality, regulatory and market-compliance requirements
- Experience with specifications, product information, certificates and technical documentation
- Understanding of sensory evaluation, product testing and validation
- Experience collaborating directly with suppliers
- Ability to assess product feasibility, robustness and readiness
- Structured analysis and practical engineering judgement
- Ability to balance customer expectations, compliance, speed, cost and execution reality
- Relevant educational background in food engineering, food science, product development, process engineering or an equivalent discipline
It's a plus if you are also:
- Experience with both developed and selected supplier products
- Knowledge of product and packaging information systems
- Experience working across several markets or regulatory environments
Additional information
We welcome your application
This role is published as part of an internal recruitment process connected to our organizational changes. It offers an opportunity for co-workers whose experience and competence may be relevant.
We look forward to receiving your application by 25 October 2026 at the latest. Apply by submitting your CV. Please note that we do not ask for a cover letter in this recruitment process. Instead, you will have the opportunity to tell us more about you and your experience through the screening questions in the application system.
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we might start interviewing early for certain roles. Due to high volumes, we have limited flexibility to reschedule, so please make sure to prioritize the interview if you are invited.
We always recruit based on values, competence, potential, and diversity. Once competence requirements are met, we will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group.