Key area: Future engineers through diversity

Mycronic operates in 12 countries and our workforce encompasses a wide range of diverse backgrounds. Embracing that diversity and building an inclusive and collaborative culture are essential for creating a dynamic work environment and driving innovation and growth.

One important aspect of diversity is gender. We have a clear ambition to increase the representation of women across our workforce as well as in managerial roles. We run different activities to attract more women to Mycronic and to foster a stronger sense of belonging among the women already on our team. For example, we run an internal women’s network that meets at least twice a year to inspire and support our female colleagues.

We also drive various initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion in a broader sense. As a member of the European Diversity Charter, the world’s largest diversity and inclusion network, we actively work to attract a diverse talent pool to us and to strengthen the sense of belonging among all employees. In Sweden, we participate in Jobbsprånget, a program for newly arrived immigrants with academic degrees, to help them gain access to the labor market. Additionally, many of our sites engage in targeted recruitment activities, such as participating in dedicated job fairs and posting open positions on job boards geared specifically toward veterans or people with disabilities. We also work actively with building awareness and learnings in topics such as unconscious biases and inclusive leadership.

Goal to 2030

Close to 20 percent of Mycronic employees and managers are women. This is not enough and we have therefore set a goal to increase the share of women in the workforce and in manager positions, to 25 percent respectively. In addition, we have set a target to reach a score of 4.3 (of 5) for diversity and inclusion in the annual engagement survey.

Inspiring future engineers

To succeed in the future, we need younger generations to choose careers in engineering. To promote engineering among youth, we engage in a variety of collaborations, such as the non-profit organization Hello World which promotes science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for children regardless of their background.

In Sweden, we also take part in Tekniksprånget, through which we offer internships to high school graduates every year, of which at least half are young women, with the aim of inspiring them to pursue engineering studies. In the US, Mycronic partners with the Spark Alpha Pitch Program which introduces high school students to manufacturing and integrated photonics through a competition in which entrants solve real-world problems.

Similarly, one of our sites in China holds a competition for students in industrial computing. At least one-third of participants must be women or from minority groups and the winner receives a college scholarship.

Career at Mycronic

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