Senior Interactive Systems Designer - LEGO DESiGN

1001 LEGO System A/S; Billund; Hybrid; DKK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark, is seeking a Senior Interactive Systems Designer to shape and document the interactive play systems behind our experiences. You will design, prototype, and document mechanisms across tools, collaborating with engineers, designers and other teams to ensure cohesive, magical experiences.

You should bring hands‑on prototyping skills and a passion for play, with experience in procedural audio and communicating design decisions clearly to partners. Hybrid work applies.

Qualifications

• Design interactive play experiences with a strong UX focus.
• Prototyping and documenting complex play systems.
• Collaborate across design, engineering and stakeholders.
• Experience with procedural audio and audio tech is a plus.
• Excellent written communication and design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate on interactive play systems with a user‑experience attitude.
• Produce clear design documentation for teams to build on.
• Prototype play mechanics across tools and environments.
• Apply systems thinking to connect ideas, mechanics and tech.
• Explore procedural approaches for rich, dynamic interactions.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers to move ideas to reality.
• Communicate design intent and decisions to stakeholders.
• Provide governance across assets with audio and physics context.
• Foster iteration, curiosity and hands‑on experimentation.

Skills

Interactive design

Systems thinking

UX focus

Prototyping

Documentation

Collaboration

Communication

Playful mindset

Curiosity

Tools

Unity

Unreal

Web

Microcontrollers

Node-based tools

Job description

Job Description

As a Senior Interactive Systems Designer, you'll help design and document the interactive systems behind our smart play experiences, working closely with designers, engineers, and a range of project teams to make sure our play systems are coherent, well-understood, and effective across many contexts!

Core Responsibilities

• Design and iterate on interactive play systems, driven by a strong user-experience attitude.


• Produce clear, high-quality design documentation that helps teams across LEGO understand and build on our interactive play systems.


• Prototype play mechanics, behaviors, and small interactive systems across a variety of tools and environments to test and validate ideas.


• Apply systems thinking to connect play ideas, mechanics, and technology into coherent, scalable experiences.


• Explore procedural and computational approaches to play, finding new ways to create rich, dynamic interactions.


• Partner closely with engineers, designers, and stakeholders, acting as a bridge between fields to move ideas from concept to reality.


• Communicate design intent, trade-offs, and decisions proactively, keeping collaborating teams aligned and informed.


• Provide creative and technical governance across assets and system features, with foundational context in audio technology, synthesis and physics.


• Contribute to a culture of iteration, curiosity, and hands‑on experimentation across the team.

You will be part of the LEGO Interaction Design Team in Billund, Denmark, a team of 40+ designers and makers working on a variety of interactive and connected play experiences. We collaborate across LEGO franchises, engineering, marketing, and digital development to create innovative interactive toys that bring new levels of engagement and storytelling to LEGO play.

A hands‑on, experimental attitude is essential, as we constantly push what’s possible in interactive toy design. We are looking for a curious, systems‑minded designer who loves turning complex play ideas into clear, playable experiences. You enjoy prototyping, documenting, and collaborating across fields, and you're energized by the challenge of making interactive systems feel simple, magical, and fun. Additionally, you’ve had experience with procedural audio technology.

What we are looking for

• A handful of years of experience designing interactive play, games, or toy experiences.


• Strong systems thinking skills, with a proven ability to design interconnected play mechanics and behaviors.


• A strong, iterative design process driven by user experience and playtesting.


• Hands‑on programming and prototyping skills, demonstrated through a portfolio of small behavior‑driven prototypes built across a range of tools and environments (e.g. Unity, Unreal, web, microcontrollers, or node‑based tools).


• Some experience working with audio technology – including embedded hardware, sound synthesis, or other areas related to procedural audio and/or physical audio products.


• Experience with procedural or computational approaches to design (e.g. generative systems, rule‑based behaviors).


• Excellent written communication skills, with a track record of producing clear, high‑quality design documentation.


• A proactive, collaborative approach, comfortable bridging design, engineering, and interested party perspectives.


• A passion for play, and for crafting experiences that delight kids and families.

Nice to have

• Experience designing for connected or physical‑digital play.


• Familiarity with game engines, node‑based authoring tools, or live‑authoring environments.


• Experience mentoring designers or setting design standards across projects.


• Experience developing proprietary procedural audio systems and/or installations.

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 – 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.

We are aware of reports of fraudulent emails and social media messages from individuals falsely claiming to represent the LEGO Group recruitment teams. Please check that recruitment communications are from an official LEGO email address before responding.

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”.