OT Automation Engineer

1001 LEGO System A/S; Billund; Hybrid; DKK 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

The LEGO Group is seeking an OT Automation Engineer to help design and deploy automation and robotics solutions across future manufacturing environments. You will move concepts from feasibility to prototypes and scalable implementations, collaborating with engineering, manufacturing and research teams worldwide.

You will apply PLC programming and troubleshoot industrial controls while delivering value in global projects, balancing innovative thinking with practical delivery.

Qualifications

• Delivered automation or robotics solutions from concept through implementation.
• Applied PLC programming and troubleshooting within industrial control systems.
• Developed and tested automation solutions in manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated technical contributions to automation, robotics or manufacturing improvement projects.
• Built effective partnerships with engineering, manufacturing and project stakeholders to deliver automation solutions.
• Communicated technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Worked fluently in English across global teams and multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design automation solutions for future-generation factories.
• Transform early-stage concepts into practical manufacturing applications.
• Support technical feasibility assessments and proof-of-concept activities.
• Deliver prototype automation solutions that can scale into future operations.
• Influence automation strategies for packaging and manufacturing platforms.
• Build strong partnerships across Operational Technology and research teams.

Skills

Automation

Robotics

PLC programming

Industrial control

Team collaboration

English fluency

Technical communication

Sensors

Platform comparison

POC/Prototype

Job description

About the role

As our OT Automation Engineer, you'll help develop innovative automation and robotics solutions that support future manufacturing capabilities across the LEGO Group. You'll work on concept creation, feasibility studies, proof-of-concepts, prototyping and testing activities that turn ideas into scalable manufacturing solutions. This is an opportunity to influence how automation, robotics and digital technologies are used in future factory environments while collaborating with teams across engineering, manufacturing and research functions.

Required Experience

• Delivered automation or robotics solutions from concept through implementation
• Applied PLC programming and troubleshooting within industrial control systems
• Developed and tested automation solutions in manufacturing environments
• Demonstrated technical contributions to automation, robotics or manufacturing improvement projects
• Built effective partnerships with engineering, manufacturing and project stakeholders to deliver automation solutions
• Communicated technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Worked fluently in English across global teams and multiple time zones

Nice to have

• Evaluated sensor technologies within automation systems and equipment designs
• Compared automation platforms and assessed strengths and limitations of different solutions
• Applied experience across multiple automation brands and technologies
• Contributed to proof-of-concept or prototype development initiatives

What you'll build

Design automation solutions for future-generation factories

Transform early-stage concepts into practical manufacturing applications

Support technical feasibility assessments and proof-of-concept activities

Deliver prototype automation solutions that can scale into future operations

Influence automation strategies for packaging and manufacturing platforms

Build strong partnerships across Operational Technology and research teams

If you've worked in a role where you've taken automation projects from initial idea through feasibility, testing and implementation, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to balance innovative thinking with practical delivery and turn emerging technologies into workable solutions. You'll enjoy building relationships across functions, working with a wide range of stakeholders and translating technical ideas into clear, practical conversations. We value people who listen well, communicate with confidence and can create alignment across multicultural teams while moving innovation forward.

Life on the team

You’ll join Operational Technology Innovation within the LEGO Group’s Operations area. The team focuses on automation, robotics and digital manufacturing technologies that support production equipment globally. We work across Denmark, the Czech Republic, China and the United States, with a hybrid rhythm built around collaboration, knowledge sharing and strong partnerships. Curiosity, a genuine interest in new technologies, confidence working through ambiguity and the ability to build relationships across multicultural teams are all part of how we work together every day.

What success looks like

Success in this role means becoming a trusted contributor to future factory programmes and helping move automation concepts from ideas into testing and pilot phases. The team will focus on future packaging automation, proof-of-concepts and increasing automation maturity across future operations. You'll work closely with automation engineers, robotics specialists, manufacturing stakeholders, research teams and global project groups to help shape the manufacturing technologies of tomorrow.

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. Just imagine building your dream career. Then make it real. Join the LEGO® team today.

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Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do.

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”.