Smart Home Embedded Engineer (Linux, IoT)

Ikea; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

IKEA in Malmö, Sweden, invites a talented Embedded Software Engineer to join the Home Smart group. You will work on the Linux-based gateway, drive features from concept to test, and collaborate with cloud and mobile teams to deliver a seamless smart home experience.

Based in Malmö, you’ll contribute to a cross-functional team, tackle interoperability challenges across Matter, Thread, and Wi‑Fi, and help improve reliability and security in a fast-growing smart home platform.

Qualifications

• Broad background within software, spanning from architecture, design and requirements to coding and testing.
• Experience with Embedded Linux, C++, networking and IoT.
• Flexible but structured team player with great communications skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cloud and mobile teams to deliver a seamless smart home experience.
• Develop and integrate new features for our Linux-based Home Smart gateway.
• Troubleshoot connectivity issues across Matter, Thread, Wi-Fi and cloud services.
• Analyze logs and protocol traces to solve complex interoperability problems.
• Automate tests and improve the reliability and performance of the platform.

Skills

Embedded Linux

C++

Networking

IoT

Tools

Yocto

ZigBee

Matter

WiFi

IPv6

Cybersecurity

OTA

Job description

IKEA in Malmö, Sweden, invites a talented Embedded Software Engineer to join the Home Smart group. You will work on the Linux-based gateway, drive features from concept to test, and collaborate with cloud and mobile teams to deliver a seamless smart home experience.

Based in Malmö, you’ll contribute to a cross-functional team, tackle interoperability challenges across Matter, Thread, and Wi‑Fi, and help improve reliability and security in a fast-growing smart home platform.