Senior Design Engineer - LEGO Design

at  LEGO

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you passionate about bringing your coaching and product development skills into the development of the LEGO® building system, which is the core and the foundation of The LEGO Group?

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

The System & Material Governance is a department where the key focus is to champion the LEGO building system (DUPLO, LEGO and Technic), and govern the architecture of the platforms and systems, to develop, maintain and optimize the compatibility and values of the LEGO® bricks (elements). This area is core to innovating and protecting the System-in-play philosophy.

• Conduct ongoing coaching in different novelty projects, setting expectations and directions and at the end approve the LEGO® bricks.
• Being approachable, visible, and present in design and engineer project that are working with development of LEGO® bricks, ensure a great collaboration.
• Manages request and changes ex. from Sustainable Material Program, Supply chain and production on LEGO® bricks.
• Develop new standards, matrix overviews, system guidelines and rules for the LEGO ® building system.
• Act as an ambassador for the LEGO ® building and play experience and on the overall DNA and values.

WHAT IS SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS ROLE?

Master to be both holistic and detail-oriented - in your role as Coach you need to comprehend the complexity of the Building System in a holistic manner, and at the same time be able to dive into the technical details of every single element we are part of developing.

Moreover,

• Bringing ideas and designs into real LEGO bricks:-)
• Broad interactions with stakeholders on many different levels, ex Senior Directors, Design and Engineer Directors, Managers and Specialists.
• Is the interlink between product development area and the supply chain in Operation, ensuring focus on Design for Manufacturing and Manufacturing for Design.
• Lead sustainable agenda points and projects between Design and Operations.