Head of Engineering, LEGO Education

LEGO Koncernen

Job Description
Are you interested in developing the future of playful learning? Bring your expertise in engineering to help shape the future of products and platforms for LEGO Education!

Core responsibilities

Recruit, lead, and cultivate engineering teams across software and firmware (embedded) domains.
Engage as a heads-on collaborator with engineering tasks including working with your team to define technical architecture, define engineering processes and standards, and drive capability development.
Lead investigation of new technologies and partnerships that can support LEGO Education’s mission to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.
Contribute as a member of LEGO Education’s Product Experience (PX) leadership team to establish product strategy, platform strategy, and strong ways-of-working across helix organization.
Collaborate with leaders across the LEGO Group to support strong ways-of-working across disciplines (e.g., Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, Quality, Procurement).

Play your part in our team succeeding!

Starting with the initial release of LEGO MINDSTORMS in 1998, LEGO Education has been at the forefront of building experiences that merge digital and physical play. Today, we have built on this history with products like LEGO Education SPIKE Prime and LEGO Education SPIKE Essential. Creating these new types of learning and play opportunities for children requires a highly innovative, collaborative, and iterative mentality and approach.

The Head of Engineering role at LEGO Education offers a rare opportunity to shape the future of hands-on learning by leading the technical development of innovative physical and digital educational products. It’s an exciting chance to build impactful experiences that inspire students and educators around the world.

The Head of Engineering is a member of the Product Experience Leadership Team (PX LT) which is collectively responsible for product strategy, product management, design, engineering, quality, and educational impact of the LEGO Education portfolio. The position reports to the Head of Product Experience and will look after firmware, software and QA. The role will be responsible for managing a wider team of 17~ and we are therefore looking for a strong business and people leader that will create an engaging “playground” for everyone within the team.

Do you have what it takes?

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
Experience in the development of technology-enabled consumer products (across both physical and digital domains).
Experience in the leadership of engineering teams.
Experience in successfully implementing new development practices, associated tools, and best practices (e.g., peer review, development standards, agile methods).
Experience as part of a cross functional leadership team (e.g., strategy, design, engineering, product management).
Experience developing technical platforms/systems which serve the needs of multiple consumer products.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Experience with the governance of Open Source projects (e.g., licensing, community management, workflows, etc) preferred.
Experience collaborating with academic partners on joint development projects and/or IP licensing (e.g., MIT, Harvard) preferred.
Passion for education and learning.

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.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

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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