Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Engineering

the LEGO Group • Boston, MA

1d • $134,750 - $202,126 • Hybrid

About The Position

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 within the Creative Play Lab organization in Product Innovation and Design at the LEGO Group in Boston!

Requirements

• Strong proven experience in Systems Engineering/Technical Lead roles that involve cross-functional engineering leadership from idea stage to mass production on high complexity connected device projects
• Experience that spans across diverse engineering disciplines as well as product development and organizational process 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 navigating system-level interdependencies and risks to drive smart decisions with a diverse set of stakeholders.
• 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 global team.

Nice To Haves

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

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.
• Be comfortable leading both early stage research projects and late stage operational improvement projects.
• Lead successful cross-functional design and strategic development reviews that involve highly complex system-level decisions/trade-offs.
• Influence by demonstrating excellence in multi-functional team leadership, engineering, collaboration, innovation, risk management/mitigation, and delivery.
• Work with both internal and external technical staff spanning multiple engineering and operations functions 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.

Benefits

• 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 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 and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed