Job Description
Are you a specialist in Electromagnetic Actuator Design?
Then get your application ready, this one is for you!
The Senior Electromagnetic Design Engineer plays an important role on our Mechatronics Engineering team within our Hardware Engineering group. This group operates on a global scale within the Play Engineering organization in the LEGO Group, advancing groundbreaking innovations that will redefine the future of play for the builders of tomorrow.
Responsibilities
Serve as an individual contributor with expertise in electromagnetic design engineering for actuator and transducer development, as well as associated electronics and systems to raise the bar on the engineering behind the LEGO Group technical products.
Play key individual contributor role in work involving actuator system technical requirements definition, proof of concept work, product/platform development, risk management, and test engineering from idea stage through mass production.
Key player in expanding our journey in the field of multiphysics simulation
Work as part of a global cross functional team (North America, Europe, Asia) to deliver to the market and lifecycle manage integrated, manufacturable solutions at excellent quality and high volume.
Demonstrate by example excellence in engineering, teamwork, innovation, risk management/mitigation, and delivery.
Work in tight collaboration with other hardware group functional team members (e.g. Mechanical, Electrical, and Embedded Engineering) from Denmark, Boston and Singapore to support our capability growth efforts.
Requirements
Significant experience in Electromagnetic Design Engineering roles that involve small/miniature scale actuator or similar from idea stage to mass production on high complexity projects.
Basic coding and electrical engineering skills to perform fast board bring-up and evaluation of new actuators or transducers.
Experience in modern high-volume, cost-constrained, end-to-end actuator system development and productization in relevant markets (e.g. consumer electronics, robotics, medical devices, or similar).
Experience in multi-physics simulation as a tool for designing new technical systems, and exceptional capabilities in creative technical problem solving.
Demonstrated skills in navigating and making smart decisions pertaining to actuator systems, hardware/software interdependencies and trade-offs (closed-loop control methods, test engineering, collaboration with internal and/or external content providers, etc.).
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.
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