Senior Engineer, RF

Job Description

Are you ready to build the next generation of Play?

Join the Creative Play Lab and invent ground-breaking new play opportunities and never-seen-before creative experiences for LEGO® fans of today and tomorrow! As a senior individual contributor 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 a senior individual contributor in the RF and magnetics requirements development, design, verification, characterization, tuning, and certification of radio and electromagnetic subsystems in complex mechatronic toys that enable awesome play experiences

• Design, simulate (COMSOL, QSPICE), prototype, characterize, and optimize RF and electromagnetic circuits and antennas operating across a varity of frequency ranges, including common ISM bands and uncommon HF bands.

• Develop and execute comprehensive RF test plans for design verification using equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, protocol analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, anechoic chambers, and protocol-specific testers.

• Ensure products meet global radio, EMC, and immunity regulatory requirements (FCC, CE, IC, JRL, CCC, etc) by implementing EMC mitigation techniques, running pre-compliance tests, updating designs as necessary, and supporting final regulatory compliance efforts

• Work in tight collaboration with other hardware group functional team members (e.g. Mechanical and Embedded Engineering) from Boston, Denmark, and Singapore to support our capability growth efforts.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Senior RF Engineer plays an important individual contributor role in the Electronics Engineering function in our Hardware and Embedded Systems Engineering team.  This team operates on a global scale within the Play Engineering organization in Product & Marketing Development at the LEGO Group.  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.

You will be a subject matter expert in electromagnetic and wireless technologies, partnering with design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and suppliers to design high performance systems that are manufacturable and reliable. You will be exposed to varied projects with unique technical challenges and entrusted with delivering high quality RF features that our customers expect from a brand like the LEGO Group’s. This is a high impact and high visibility role within the organization.

The role can be based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA or Billund, Denmark.

Do you have what it takes?

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

• Vast experience in RF/electromagnetic systems and circuit design roles that involve creating specifications, designing and characterizing hardware, performing validation, and supporting regulatory certification in high volume, cost-sensitive consumer applications.

• Practical experience in implementing hardware for wireless and near-field communication standards commonly used in low-cost consumer electronics

• Hands-on proficiency in designing, simulating, characterizing, and tuning antennas in varied topologies and form factors for performance (range, efficiency, Q, etc) and regulatory compliance

• Experience using test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, current problems, LISNs, oscilloscopes, anechoic chambers, and protocol-specific testers

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

• Ability to travel as necessary, roughly 15-30 days per year, as part of our global team.

Location

This position can be based at our LEGO office at Boylston St, Back Bay, Boston or at the Global Headquarters in Billund, Denmark. Candidates are eligible to apply for the roles at either location.

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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 based in Boston* has a range of $113,000 - $169,000 with bonus eligibility, which is 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.
 

What’s in it for you?

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.

Wellness – 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, you’ll be rewarded through our global bonus scheme.

Your workplace – Our offices will be your primary workplace with flexibility to work from home during your working week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of our hybrid work model, role eligibility and frequency with you.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

Compensation

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 are some of what to 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 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

Your 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.

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, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”
                                                                                                                                             
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.

We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.