Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Engineering

Job Description

Are you ready to build the next generation of Play?

Join the Creative Play Lab and invent radical new play opportunities and never-seen-before creative experiences for LEGO® fans of today and tomorrow! As a leader and senior individual contributor role 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 accountable technical leader of global (North America, Europe, Asia) multi-functional engineering teams as we develop and integrate complex products/platforms involving numerous sub-systems (e.g. microelectronic, mechanical, firmware, other software) to deliver on outstanding end-to-end play experiences.

• Influence by demonstrating excellence in multi-functional team leadership, engineering, collaboration, innovation, risk management/mitigation, and delivery.

• Lead successful design and strategic development reviews that involve highly sophisticated system-level decisions/trade-offs.

• Work with both internal technical staff spanning multiple Play Engineering functions and strategic external partners to deliver integrated, manufacturable, world class solutions to the market.

• Ensure solutions delivered meet end-user needs, safety/regulatory/quality requirements, and all other agreed-to business requirements.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Engineering plays a crucial role on our Systems Engineering team. This group operates on a global scale within the Play Engineering organization in Product Innovation and Design at the LEGO Group. The role is based in Boston, 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?

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

• Significant experience in Systems/Project Engineering roles that involve matrixed engineering leadership from idea stage to mass production on very high complexity projects involving robotics/mechatronics, microelectronics, sophisticated systems, or other similar domains.

• Strong experience in modern high-volume combined hardware/software system development in relevant markets (e.g. consumer electronics, robotics, medical device, automotive, or similar).

• Expertise in navigating system-level interdependencies and risks, and making thoughtful decisions spanning diverse engineering and other relevant product development domains.

• Evidence of exceptional capabilities in creative technical problem solving in modern hardware/software systems, coupled with well-balanced team leadership skills.

• Track record of strong written and verbal communications skills on global engineering efforts involving both internal and 3rd party partner companies.

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

New Location Update

This position will initially be based at our LEGO Education 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

The salary for this position has a range of $124,700 - $187,000 based 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.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.