Staff Engineer - Product Engineering Technology
Location: Billund
Job Description
Job Description
Be the connector between strategy and execution. As Staff Engineer, you will align teams, shape technical direction, and help create a unified engineering ecosystem that supports innovation across the LEGO Group.
Ensure our LEGO® bricks and manufacturing processes can keep up with innovation, so that we can continue to provide kids with fun play around the world.
Core Responsibilities
In this role, you will be the vital link between product strategy and technical execution, working closely with Lead Engineers and Principal Engineers to ensure scalable and maintainable solutions. You will help coordinate efforts across teams, contributing to a connected, efficient engineering environment.
Strategy, Alignment & Collaboration
Drive discovery and alignment across multiple domains within a cluster to ensure clear stakeholder communication and shared understanding towards key program activities.
Support Engineering, Design and Product leadership by facilitating technical collaboration and decision-making between multiple product managers and engineering leads.
Ensure alignment of technical direction as set by Principal Engineers and drive consistency in execution across product teams and clusters, fostering a unified approach that supports the broader organisational strategy.
Collaborate effectively with multiple digital domains, pointing the right people in the right direction to solve complex challenges.
Standards, Culture & Ways of Working
Advocate for engineering standards and processes by standardising and paving the way for consistent execution across teams.
Facilitate the adoption of new engineering practices and cultural initiatives that enhance collaboration, innovation, and delivery effectiveness across a cluster of product teams.
Maintain strong communication and people skills to influence without authority and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Technical Excellence & Knowledge Sharing
Develop and share deep technical expertise, including domain knowledge and subject matter expertise.
Produce and maintain technical documentation and storytelling to ensure transparency and knowledge sharing while also coaching and growing lead engineers towards these outcomes.
Build POCs to explore new technologies and validate solutions, enabling informed decision-making and innovation within the teams
Play your part in our team succeeding
This part of the Digital Technology organization primarily support the Engineering and Manufacturing areas of the LEGO group with digital solutions.
The Product Engineering Technology department provides solutions and technology for the engineering areas of the LEGO Group. We support from design to produced elements with areas like Element Design, Mould design, Mould production, Quality and Moulding in the factories. This includes Masterdata, Project portfolio, Materials area, and the Sustainable Materials agenda.
Do you have what it takes?
Proven experience in as a Lead Engineer and/or senior engineering role, ideally bridging multiple teams or domains.
Strong communication skills with the ability to align stakeholders and facilitate cross-team collaboration.
Demonstrated ability to advocate and implement engineering standards and best practices.
Experience in technical leadership without direct authority, influencing outcomes through expertise and interpersonal skills.
Deep understanding of technical strategy, architecture, and domain knowledge in your area of expertise.
Skilled in elevating technical discussions and simplifying complex problems.
A collaborative mindset with a passion for enabling and mentoring others.
Personal drive and ownership to push initiatives forward and ensure follow-through.
Nice to have
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and modern software development practices.
Familiarity with Domain Driven Design and microservices architecture.
Background in agile methodologies and continuous delivery.
Exposure to infrastructure as code, serverless, or DevOps practices.
Experience working directly with senior IT groups in an advisory role.
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.
What’s in it for you?
Here is what you can 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.
Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
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 and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.
Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. 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 highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.
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.
Just imagine building your dream career.
Then make it real.
Join the LEGO® team today.
There are more than 50,000 engineering jobs:
Subscribe to membership and unlock all jobs
Engineering Jobs
60,000+ jobs from 4,500+ well-funded companies
Updated Daily
New jobs are added every day as companies post them
Refined Search
Use filters like skill, location, etc to narrow results
Become a member
🥳🥳🥳 452 happy customers and counting...
Overall, over 80% of customers chose to renew their subscriptions after the initial sign-up.
To try it out
For active job seekers
For those who are passive looking
Cancel anytime
Frequently Asked Questions
- We prioritize job seekers as our customers, unlike bigger job sites, by charging a small fee to provide them with curated access to the best companies and up-to-date jobs. This focus allows us to deliver a more personalized and effective job search experience.
- We've got over 200,000 jobs from 15,000+ vetted companies. No fake or sleazy jobs here!
- We aggregate jobs from 15,000+ companies' career pages, so you can be sure that you're getting the most up-to-date and relevant jobs.
- We're the only job board *for* software engineers, *by* software engineers… in case you needed a reminder! We add thousands of new jobs daily and offer powerful search filters just for you. 🛠️
- Every single hour! We add 2,000-3,000 new jobs daily, so you'll always have fresh opportunities. 🚀
- Typically, job searches take 3-6 months. EchoJobs helps you spend more time applying and less time hunting. 🎯
- Check daily! We're always updating with new jobs. Set up job alerts for even quicker access. 📅
What Fellow Engineers Say