Mechanical Engineering Internship

1001 LEGO System A/S; Billund; On-site; DKK 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Living at LEGO HQ Billund

Bonus scheme

Job summary

LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark invites aspiring engineers to join the Hardware and Embedded Systems Engineering Team for a 5‑month paid internship starting February 2027. You’ll work on ideation, prototyping and creating new LEGO components, collaborating with firmware and electronics engineers across Billund, Boston and Singapore.

You’ll contribute to early-stage concept development, 3D construction, and material tests while gaining hands-on experience in a multidisciplinary lab environment.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in mechanical engineering or equivalent program.
• Be a student for the full duration of the internship.
• Expected to graduate after the internship period.
• Internship is a compulsory part of your education.

Responsibilities

• Apply first-principles reasoning to break down problems into fundamental components.
• Brainstorm prototypes with a small team to explore materials, electronics and functions.
• Use making skills to solve physical and programming challenges.
• Design and make physical elements for an integrated prototype.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, electronics, mechatronics and embedded teams.
• Take initiative, seek information, move work forward and ask thoughtful questions.
• Communicate progress, blockers and findings clearly to the engineering team.

Skills

3D CAD

Materials science

Plastic design

Mechanical engineering

Mechatronics

Manufacturing techniques

3D printing

Machining tools

Sketching

Simulation (Comsol)

Education

Mechanical engineering student

Tools

Comsol

Job description

Job Description

Hardware and Embedded Systems Mechanical Engineering Internship: Are You an Aspiring Technical Toy Inventor Looking to engineer creative or advanced Solutions for Enabling Awesome Play? Join the LEGO® Group’s Hardware and Embedded Systems Engineering Team within the Creative Play Lab for a Paid Internship at our Headquarters in Billund, Denmark!

Are you driven by an unquenchable passion for discovering new technical solutions through early-stage ideation, concept development, prototyping and potentially bringing things to the market? If so, you could be one of the talented students joining the Hardware and Embedded Systems Engineering Team in our Creative Play Lab department, where creativity and technology combine!

Start date: February 2027

Length: 5 months (until end of June 2027) with possibilities for summer extension.

About us

Creative Play Lab is an ambitious, future-focused innovation hub inventing radical new play opportunities and never-seen-before experiences for LEGO® fans of today and tomorrow. We grow the boundaries of what play can become, using bold experimentation, advanced technologies, and deep insight into how kids play to imagine meaningful, next-generation experiences. Our mix of creatives, innovators, researchers, engineers, and technologists rapidly transforms curiosity into tangible concepts, redefining the future of play and ensuring LEGO® play remains at the forefront of creativity and joyful exploration.

Intern role

As an intern in our Mechanical Engineering Team, you’ll join colleagues dedicated to letting loose their creative curiosity and technical excellence and exploring new play experiences and developing new complex construction for the LEGO Group. You’ll unleash your technical flair by constructing new elements and solving technical challenges, collaborating cross-functionally with firmware and electronic engineers and work globally with engineers in Boston, Singapore and Billund.

Meet the Mechanical Engineering team

The Mechanical Engineering team design and construct new LEGO Components from the first drawing on paper through development of its construction all the way until it leaves the market. The team use simulation, sketching, building, prototyping, 3D construction, 3D printing, close cross-functional collaboration and advanced development research into materials and technologies to create awesome play experiences.

About our internship

In Creative Play Lab, we look for interns who bring something genuinely different to our team of engineering experts, adding fresh cultural insight, creative energy, and new ways of thinking. Your time with us will span personal curiosity projects, toy engineering, team capability-building initiatives, and innovation Missions. Every day is different and you’ll learn directly from a world-class multidisciplinary team as you build your craft, embracing ambiguity as you discover new technical elements for new play experiences.

Internship Eligibility

• You are over the age of 18
• You will be enrolled in higher education as a 'student' for the full duration of the internship period in a mechanical engineering or equivalent program
• You are currently due to graduate at some point after the end of the internship period
• You will not be requesting a delayed graduation date just to qualify for this internship
• This internship will contribute quantitatively towards your course credit
• This internship is a compulsory part of your education
• You are available to undertake this internship contract starting from the stated start date
• You are available to work full time for the full period up until the stated end date
• You can work on site in Billund, Denmark for this period

Skills and experience encouraged

• 3D CAD Constructing
• Understanding of materials
• Design of plastic constructions
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Manufacturing techniques
• 3D printing
• Machine Workshop tools e.g. lathe, drills etc.
• Sketching – express your ideas on paper
• Simulation – Experience with Comsol or others

What we’re looking for

Curiosity: Our teams thrive on a playful curiosity in all they do. You need to be always asking questions, seeking the reason “why”, digging for answers even when it’s hard and never stop wondering “what if…”

Bravery: Our organization is a huge place full of different people and different perspectives. You need to be comfortable meeting new people every day, speaking up when you disagree, receiving feedback, facing the unknowns of innovation head on and forging yourself a path when things aren’t well defined.

Focus: Our workload and priorities are always changing. You need to be happy shifting priorities fast, focusing on a high-priority task for one week then focusing on developing your own independent curiosities the next.

Teamwork: Our best ideas come when we have an amazing rapport with our colleagues and when we collaborate in a respectful and energizing way. You need to be at home bouncing ideas off others and building upon the unique contributions and perspectives of our colleagues to create something bigger and better than the sum of its parts. You also need to be encouraging, supportive and empathetic to the fact that different teammates will have different viewpoints and opinions.

Responsibilities

• Apply first-principles reasoning (e.g., forces, energy, materials, geometry) to break down problems into their fundamental components before jumping to solutions
• Brainstorm a range of possible physical prototypes with a small team to explore how to integrate new materials, electronics and/or functions into technical physical play
• Use your making skills to solve a particular physical and programming challenge
• Design and make physical elements that can fulfil a particular purpose or function within a fully integrated prototype
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, electronics, mechatronics and embedded teams to develop new technologies
• Takes initiative by proactively starting tasks, seeking information/feedback, moving work forward and asking thoughtful questions
• Communicate progress, blockers and findings clearly to the engineering team

Perks

• Work with a passionate multi-disciplinary team of like-minded creative engineers where you’ll learn something new every day and build your professional network
• Opportunity to live and work in the global headquarters of the LEGO® Group in Billund, Denmark and explore our state-of-the-art campus
• Be a nerd and be happy about it

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.
• 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 and Working Arrangement

Your workplace will be the office, store or factory specified in this advert.

Hybrid Working: Our hybrid work model, Best of Both offers you the option of flexibility to work from home up to two days per week. Your People Leader will discuss the principles of the model, including how this option applies to your role and team.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, and having fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”.