Senior Element Qualification Engineer, Element & Mould Validation (EMV)

Job Description

Are you passionate about quality and turning complex data into clear insights that ensure the highest quality of every LEGO® brick?

This is a unique opportunity to work at the core of the LEGO® value chain, where development meets manufacturing, and where your quality expertise directly shapes product reliability and performance. If you are driven by validation, data, and continuous improvement in a highly collaborative environment, this could be your chance to make a real impact on LEGO® products worldwide!

No relocation assistance is offered for this position.

Core Responsibilities

In this position, you will play a vital role in securing the reliability and quality of our LEGO bricks (elements) through robust validation processes and data-driven insights. You will work closely with internal stakeholders across the entire value chain and use data analytics, ensuring that elements are consistently delivered at the right quality level with a clear understanding of the underlying data. More specifically, you will:  

• Apply advanced analytics daily to interpret validation data, ensuring accurate evaluation and validation of elements.

• Identify and implement cutting-edge and innovative validation techniques to enhance product quality and operational efficiency.

• Support stakeholders from development to production during the validation process to ensure the highest element quality with a data-driven foundation.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate validation processes into product development.

• Resolve validation challenges using creative and effective solutions.

• Mentor junior engineers and lead validation initiatives with a strong focus on innovation.

Play your part in our team succeeding

You will join our Element & Mould Validation (EMV) team, which serves as the final validation and qualification point before manufacturing. The team ensures that all elements and moulds are delivered according to the right standards, specifications and timelines. Furthermore, they act as the bridge between innovation/development and industrialisation/manufacturing, while safeguarding the integrity of the LEGO® building system. 

The team, located in Billund, Denmark, consists of 11 highly specialized colleagues with strong expertise across the value chain. 

Do you have what it takes?

The ideal candidate brings 3+ years of proven knowledge and hands-on experience working with Validation & Qualification, Data-Driven Analysis, Quality Standards or similar. In addition, you bring a strong end-to-end value chain understanding, with insight into how processes are interconnected throughout the product (element) journey, preferably gained from an engineering, manufacturing, or quality environment. Furthermore, you have: 

• Engineering educational background with knowledge about Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or equivalent technical field.

• End-to-end understanding from element design through to production.

• Solid experience with SPC, Cp/Cpk, control charts, and capability analysis. 

• Proven experience using visualization tools such as Volume Graphics and PiWeb to analyze and communicate data insights.

• Ability to develop innovative solutions to complex validation challenges.

• Demonstrated ability to adjust to changing priorities and dynamic environments.

• Experience working with SAP or similar systems.

• Ability to foster strong relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure effective alignment and execution.

• Strong skills in communicating complex validation results and data-driven insights to a wide range of stakeholders.

• Proficiency in English both written and verbal.

It will be an advantage if you have:

• Experience from injection moulding, plastic or additive manufacturing industry 

• Ability to ensure precision in validation processes and related documentation.

• Experience with Microsoft Power Bi, Data Manager or similar. 

• Understanding of the LEGO value chain and building system.

• Danish language skills.

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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