Prototype Play Lab Internship: Build Tomorrow's Toys

1001 LEGO System A/S; Billund; On-site; DKK 13,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shape the future of play in Creative  

Gain access to our world class prototY

Work with a passionate team of like‑m​

Live and work in the global HQ in Bill

Gain insight into innovation processes

Job summary

The LEGO Group’s Creative Play Lab in Billund, Denmark, invites enrolled students to join the Play Discovery Prototypes team for a paid 5-month internship from February 1 to June 30, 2025. You will learn prototyping using CAD/CAM, 3D printing, milling and CNC machining.

You'll work with designers, engineers and researchers, gaining hands-on experience across tools, machines, and materials, while contributing to prototypes and ideas for future LEGO play.

Qualifications

• 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 CAM softwares, Adobe suite, Graphic Print programmes, 3D Printing techniques, Milling and CNC Machining

Responsibilities

• You’re here to learn from the best so we appreciate that there will be a lot of new things for you to get familiar with. We want you to bring all your energy, enthusiasm and experiences to work every day so we can achieve amazing things together while you learn along the way!
• 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
• 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 equipment 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 being 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 to gather feedback on which techniques and designs work best and iterate on ideas collaboratively
• Collaborate with a team of experienced designers, developers, engineers, artists and researchers to drive our innovation missions forward

Job description

The LEGO Group’s Creative Play Lab in Billund, Denmark, invites enrolled students to join the Play Discovery Prototypes team for a paid 5-month internship from February 1 to June 30, 2025. You will learn prototyping using CAD/CAM, 3D printing, milling and CNC machining.

You'll work with designers, engineers and researchers, gaining hands-on experience across tools, machines, and materials, while contributing to prototypes and ideas for future LEGO play.