Creative Play Lab - Prototypes Internship

lego; Billund; On-site; DKK 100,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Future of play

Prototyping studio access

Passionate team

Billund campus

Innovation dept insight

Job summary

LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark, invites students for a paid 5‑month internship in Play Discovery Prototypes. You will learn to use prototyping tools, work with CNC milling, 3D printing and various materials, and contribute to prototype development from day one.

The 5‑month program runs Feb 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025, based at the LEGO Group Headquarters. You’ll join a diverse team of designers, engineers and researchers, gaining hands-on experience across machines and disciplines while exploring

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in full time education in an art, design, engineering or other craft discipline.
• Available to move to Billund, Denmark for the duration of the internship.
• Free for the entire internship period from February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025.
• Speak English to at least a conversational / intermediate level.
• You are a hands on individual with a bias towards learning-by-making.
• Experience with CAD and CAD software, Adobe Suite, 3D Printing, Milling/CNC.

Responsibilities

• You're here to learn…
• Use our equipment, tools and machines to support your colleagues with creating prototypes
• Push the boundaries of prototypable play by inventing smart solutions to overcome machining challenges
• Bring your unique perspectives on how we problem solve for manufacturability
• Collaborate with a team of designers, developers, engineers, artists and researchers to drive our innovation missions forward

Skills

Hands-on

Learning-by-making

Team collaboration

Creative thinking

Education

Enrollment in art/design/engineering

Tools

CAD

CAD software

Adobe Suite

3D Printing

CNC Milling

Job description

Job Description

Play Discovery Prototypes Internship:

Do you enjoy making prototypes by using various tools and machines ?

Join the LEGO® Group's Creative Play Lab for a Paid 5 -Month Internship at our Headquarters in Billund, Denmark!

If you have an unquenchable passion for exploring new play opportunities and making things with innovative prototyping techni ques then you could be one of the talented students joining our Play Discovery Prototypes team this year!

Internship Dates: February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025

About us:

Creative Play Lab (CPL) is at the heart of new product innovations at the LEGO Group. We experiment with emerging technologies, tinker with new tools, band together with new brands and integrate new inventions into the LEGO system of play to create the toys of tomorrow's world. As an intern in the Play Discovery Prototypes team, you will learn to use our prototyping tools to get hands on with a variety of prototyping tasks from day one. You'll get to work across our wide range of machines , developing your equipment expertise to master your craft as you support the teams in designing, prototyping, and iterating on the toys of the future with your prototyping skills.

Meet the team:

We're professional cr aftspeople from diverse backgrounds, including industrial designers, mechanical engineers , machinists and carpenters who deploy our expertise in equipment, printing and manufacturing to develop innovative new ways to piec e together the prototypes of our future toys and inte rnal prototypes . We explore all the possibilities for how we can make designs become reality with our unique design-for- production ( or making ) perspective . We ask 'have you thought of making it this way?' to spark ideas in our inventor colleagues t o turn their concepts into physically ' prototypable ' play.

Internship Eligibility:

• Currently enrolled in full time education in an art, design , engineering or other craft discipline
• Available to move to / commute to Billund, Denmark for the duration of the internship
• Free for the entire internship period from February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025
• Speak English to at least a conversational / intermediate level
• You are a hands on individual with a bias towards learning-by-making
• Experience with at least some of the following disciplines:
  • CAD and CAD softwares
  • CAD and CAD SCAD. ‑ ‑ Derichs
  • Adobe suite
  • Graphic Print programmes
  • 3D Printing techniques
  • Milling and CNC Machining

Responsibilities:

• You're here to learn…
• Use our equipment, tools and machines to support your colleagues with creating prototypes
• Push the boundaries of ' p rototypable ' play by inventing smart solutions to overcome machining challenges
• Bring your unique perspectives on how we problem solve for manufacturability
• Suggest new trends or techniques we could explore in our prototypes department
• Be resourceful in overcoming prototyping challenges and help others to problem solve their designs
• Work with our range of equip ment including CNC machines, milling machines, bandsaws etc
• Work using a range of materials including plastic , wood, metal, textiles and paper/cardboard
• Create new LEGO elements and other prototypes be ing resourceful to use every tool at your disposal to hack, build and learn every day
• Explore new play opportunities and other prototyping solutions by making and testing different ideas t o gather feedback on which techniques and designs work best and iterate on ideas collaboratives
• Collaborate with a team of experienced designers, developers, engineers, artists and researchers to drive our innovation missions forward

Perks:

• Shape the future of play in Creative Play Lab and contribute to the LEGO models and experiences of the future
• Gain access to our world class prototyping studio and gain experience with a huge range of softwares , tools and machines
• Work with a passionate team of like‑minded prototypers where you'll learn something new every day and build your professional network
• Live and work in the global headquarters of the LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark and explore our state‑of‑the‑art campus
• Gain an insight into how an innovation department operates and the processes through which we design our model portfolio at the LEGO Group