Senior Quality Automation Engineer

the LEGO Group; Billund; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Insurances

Wellbeing

Colleague Discount

Bonus

Workplace

Job summary

The LEGO Group is seeking a Senior Quality Automation Engineer in Billund to drive automation and digitalization across metrology and quality workflows. You will build automated engineering processes, implement no-code solutions, and integrate quality data into reliable, data-driven decisions.

You'll collaborate across cross-functional teams and leaders to advance automation, with a focus on practical, scalable engineering solutions that support production readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality engineering within development or manufacturing environments.
• Hands-on use of no-code automation platforms and workflow automation.
• Understanding of data pipelines and quality systems.
• Ability to validate automation outputs against standards.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.
• Experience implementing new technologies and ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation and digitalization projects across Element and Mould Validation roadmap.
• Build and maintain automated engineering workflows using no-code platforms.
• Support automation of measurement and inspection processes.
• Translate quality and metrology expertise into digital solutions.
• Collaborate with leaders and technology partners to remove barriers and accelerate progress.
• Help reduce repetitive work through automation and data-driven decision-making.
• Represent the function in automation communities and technology discussions.

Skills

No-code automation

Data pipelines

Cross-functional collaboration

Automation validation

Quality engineering experience

Implementing new technologies

Tools

Python scripting

CT programming

CMM measurement tech

Job description

Job Description

Just imagine turning metrology expertise, engineering data, and automation technologies into smarter decisions that help qualify new LEGO® elements for production. Then make it real.

About the role

As our Senior Quality Automation Engineer, you'll drive key automation and digitalization initiatives across Element and Mould Validation. You'll build and maintain automated engineering workflows, lead hands‑on implementation of no‑code automation solutions, and connect quality, metrology, and digital technologies into reliable, data‑driven processes. Working across automation projects and technology initiatives, you'll help ensure solutions meet both technical and quality requirements while supporting the continued transformation of how measurement and engineering data is used across the LEGO Group.

Please note: Relocation support is not available for this role.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working with quality engineering and technologies in a development or manufacturing environment


• Hands‑on experience with no‑code automation platforms and workflow automation


• Understanding of data pipelines and quality‑related systems


• Ability to validate automation outputs against engineering and quality standards


• Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross‑functional teams


• Experience implementing new technologies and ways of working

Preferred Qualifications

• Python or similar scripting experience for automation and integrations


• Exposure to CT or CMM programming and measurement technologies


• Strong analytical thinking and process understanding


• Ability to identify where automation creates the greatest business value
  

What you'll build

• Drive automation and digitalization projects across the Element and Mould Validation roadmap


• Build and maintain automated engineering workflows using no‑code platforms


• Support automation of measurement and inspection processes


• Translate quality and metrology expertise into digital solutions


• Collaborate with leaders and technology partners to remove barriers and accelerate progress


• Help reduce repetitive work through automation and data‑driven decision‑making


• Represent the function in automation communities and technology discussions

If you've worked in a role where you've connected engineering, quality, and digital technologies to improve business processes, you'll feel at home here. What matters most is your ability to combine technical understanding, quality focus, and collaborative problem‑solving to deliver practical automation solutions.

Life on the team

You’ll join a team of 15 specialized metrology colleagues responsible for measurement platforms, measurement strategies, and quality‑related data across the LEGO Group. Together, we help ensure new elements are measured according to specification and prepared for production using the right technologies. We work closely across the value chain and share a strong focus on continuous improvement, automation, and digitalization.

What success looks like

Success in this role means becoming a trusted link between quality expertise and automation technology. You’ll help shape automation decisions that improve efficiency while maintaining high quality standards and reliable measurement outputs. Over the next 12 to 18 months, you’ll work closely with leadership, technology partners, and subject matter experts to expand automation capabilities and unlock greater value from engineering and metrology data.

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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.