Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering

• Location

• Billund, Denmark

• Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

• Job ID 0000015271

• Category Engineering & Science

Job Description

Join the Creative Play Lab and invent ground-breaking new play opportunities and never-seen-before creative experiences for LEGO® fans of today and tomorrow! As a people leader and contributor in our Hardware Engineering group, you'll be operating on a global scale in a newly developed team within the Play Engineering organization in Product Innovation and Design at the LEGO Group in Boston!

Core Responsibilities

• Serve as an individual contributor and manager of an engineering team accountable for all Mechanical Engineering solutions used within our products.

• Champion and demonstrate best practices for engineering, collaboration, innovation, and delivery as we together develop new play experiences at the boundary between the physical and the digital world.

• Work with both internal technical staff and external partners to ensure robust integrated solutions are delivered at excellent quality and high volume to the market.

• Demonstrate your experience in all dimensions of high-volume mechanical product development, including structural component design, fastening/joining technology, and active components (e.g. actuators, sensors) used in modern mechatronic systems.

• Demonstrate exceptional systems thinking and agility as they together with the team explore, develop, and deliver highly innovative play experiences that leverage robust mechanical solutions.

• Lead and review technical design and development activities within this functional domain; collaborate as needed throughout the Hardware Engineering group and within Play Engineering.

• Serve as an exceptional people leader to those in the Mechanical Engineering function, providing coaching/mentorship, opportunities for professional growth, and supportive feedback to help the team members continue stretching to reach their fullest potential. The engineers will be located in our offices in Boston, Denmark, and Singapore.

Do your part in our team succeeding

The Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering serves as both an individual contributor and people manager within our Hardware Engineering group. The role is based in either Billund, Denmark, or in Boston, Massachusetts, where LEGO Play Engineering is expanding our global footprint to help advance groundbreaking innovations that will redefine the future of play for the builders of tomorrow.

Do you have what it takes?

• 10+ years of experience in roles that involved both engineering management and individual contributions in robotics/mechatronics, microelectronics, appropriately equipped complex systems, or other similar domains.

• A builder with passion for creatively using technology as a vehicle to deliver truly awesome play experiences to children around the world.

• An excitement to help grow and lead this team within Hardware Engineering as we accelerate our expansion into the Boston tech community.

• Demonstrated success in managing this technology domain as well as individual contributions involving technical leadership in design and development of relevant products from idea stage to mass production in high-volume markets (e.g. consumer electronics).

• Experience with key mechatronic component providers and manufacturing partners.

• Excellent people and technology talents, written and verbal communications skills.

• Ability to travel as necessary, roughly 20-30 days per year, as part of our global team.

New Location Update - US Only

This position will initially be based at our LEGO office at Boylston St, Back Bay, Boston before moving to a new central Boston office location by the end of 2026. Our hiring teams will discuss this with you during the interview stages.

Hybrid working model

Our workplace enables our LEGO® colleagues to be and do their best at work. Introducing a flexible way of working is a great example of how we live up to our ambition. This 3 day in the office hybrid model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.

Compensation

In accordance with the United States Pay Transparency Law, the salary for the US position has a range of$135,000 - $202,000 with bonus eligibility, which isbased on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

Please note this range varies based on specific country location and should not be converted 1-1.

What’s in it for you? Here are some of what to expect:

Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you’ll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached, you’ll be rewarded through our global bonus scheme.

Your workplace – Our offices will be your primary workplace with flexibility to work from home during your working week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model, role eligibility and frequency with you.

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Join the global LEGO® team

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

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