Job Description
Just imagine replacing legacy manufacturing technology with modern, decoupled solutions that help manufacturing systems evolve. Then make it real.
About the role
As our Staff Engineer, you'll shape architecture across manufacturing technology and guide product teams towards modern, decoupled solutions. You'll set technical direction, establish engineering standards and support teams as they design and implement complex solutions. Your work will help build a manufacturing technology landscape that supports automation, scalability and operational efficiency.
Required Qualifications
- Built software solutions replacing legacy manufacturing systems with modern, decoupled technologies
- Established architecture standards and technical direction across manufacturing product teams
- Led technical design and implementation of complex solutions across product teams
- Worked with operational technology supporting manufacturing systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working directly with senior IT groups in an advisory role
- Knowledge about PLCs and the OT area
- Practical experience with Industry 4.0 solutions
What you'll build
- Shape future manufacturing technology landscapes that support automation, scalability and operational efficiency
- Replace legacy manufacturing systems with modern, decoupled technologies
- Set architecture direction across manufacturing product teams
- Establish technical standards and engineering practices across product teams
- Guide the design and implementation of complex manufacturing solutions
If you've worked in a role where you've shaped software architecture and steered complex technical solutions, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is connecting architecture decisions with practical implementation and helping teams create technology that can evolve.
Life on the team
You'll join manufacturing technology at the LEGO® team, working alongside product teams and Lead Engineers who are shaping the technology behind manufacturing. You'll bring clear technical communication, collaboration and coaching into the way you work with others. You'll help colleagues navigate complex choices while staying close to both the technology and the teams building it.
What success looks like
In your first year, you'll strengthen architecture direction and technical standards across manufacturing technology. You'll help teams make confident choices as the technology landscape evolves, with a focus on automation, scalability and operational efficiency. Over the next 12–18 months, you'll work closely with manufacturing product teams and Lead Engineers to help create a technology landscape ready for future development and integration.
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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.
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.
Your workplace: Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.
Hybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.
Learn more about our benefits, culture and workplace experience here
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.
Skills Required
- Experience building software solutions that replace legacy manufacturing systems with modern, decoupled technologies
- Experience establishing architecture standards and technical direction across manufacturing product teams
- Experience leading technical design and implementation of complex solutions across product teams
- Experience working with operational technology supporting packaging systems
- Experience using Kubernetes to support software solutions
- Experience developing software solutions using C#
The LEGO Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The LEGO Group and has not been reviewed or approved by The LEGO Group.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive across many roles and markets, with benchmarking against local markets and an expressed commitment to equal pay. Total compensation is often framed as stronger when considering the full package rather than base salary alone.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as notably expansive, with substantial fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers and additional paid caregiver leave. Leave is also described as continuing to accrue other rewards such as vacation and bonus eligibility during the leave period.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Benefits are described as extending beyond core insurance into mental health and wellbeing support, including assistance programs, mindfulness resources, ergonomic setups, and fitness-related offerings. Brand-specific lifestyle perks such as sizable product discounts are highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience.
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What We Do
We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”. We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day. Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world. These places are home to 28,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide. A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!
