Mould Designer

LEGO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family leave

Life & disability insurance

Wellbeing resources

Colleague discount

Bonus program

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

LEGO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. invites a skilled Mould Designer to join EMF Mould Design in Singapore.

You will be responsible for developing and reworking external mould designs, coordinating with global stakeholders, and ensuring high-quality deliveries. The role emphasizes collaboration across international teams, continuous learning from design errors, and contributing to LEGO's standards for future moulds. Proficiency in NX, Teamcenter, and SAP, plus strong English, are expected.

Qualifications

• Background as a mould designer in plastic injection moulds.
• Minimum 1 year of mould design experience; knowledge of toolmaking processes.
• Strong CAD skills in 3D design (NX preferred), MS Office, and SAP.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management; experience with remote teams.
• Experience in cross-cultural, global environments and building relationships across borders.
• Ability to analyze mould design problems and develop sound technical solutions.
• Understanding LEGO building elements: look, feel and function requirements.
• Motivation to work with Lean principles.
• Advanced English proficiency (C1–C2).

Responsibilities

• Represent EMF Mould Design in escalations and rework discussions with stakeholders.
• Execute mould design rework in Siemens Teamcenter/NX with global collaborators.
• Ensure learnings from design errors are documented and shared across the team.
• Pursue learning opportunities from mould design rework processes.
• Ensure contractors have capabilities to deliver to external standards.
• Align processes to reduce lead time and cost, while improving quality.
• Contribute to development of standards for future moulds per LEGO strategy.
• Provide input for base mould designs in CAD (NX).
• Act as 3D/2D review approver for external platform designs.
• Deliver the scope for each mould design solution on the external platform.

Skills

Mould design

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

Cross-cultural collaboration

Stakeholder management

Lean principles

Advanced English

Tools

Siemens NX

Teamcenter (PLM)

SAP

Job description

Do you like toys? Do you like to develop the creativity of children? Do you like mould design? Why not combine all three?

This role requires a strong foundation in mould design and someone with a collaborative mindset who loves to develop the capabilities of global and cross-cultural mould design teams, while being accountable for their deliveries and final design quality.

The position is based in Singapore and no relocation assistance is offered for this position.Employment Pass or work pass eligibility for non-Singaporean candidates is subject to approval by the relevant Singapore government authorities and is not guaranteed.

Core Responsibilities

• Represent EMF Mould Design and participate in escalations, debating and aligning on requests for rework of external mould designs.

• Execute mould design rework of STM (Standard Tool Moulds) and 3LM (3rd Generation Legacy Moulds) in Siemens Teamcenter and Siemens NX CAD system in collaboration with global stakeholders.

• Ensure that learnings from design errors are documented, updated by external constructors, and that learning extractions are shared across the team.

• Participate in pursuing and ensuring learning opportunities from experiences in the mould design rework process.

• Participate in ensuring that contractors have the right capabilities and means to deliver constructions according to external standards.

• Participate in ensuring processes are aligned with reducing lead time and cost, and improving quality.

• Contribute to the development of standards for future moulds based on the LEGO Group strategy.

• Provide input for improving and developing the design of base mould designs in our CAD system (Siemens NX).

• Act as 3D/2D review approver for mould designs on the external platform.

• Be accountable for specific deliveries and quality of mould designs on the external platform, ensuring that the scope for each single mould design solution is carried out.

Play Your Part in Our Team Succeeding

EMF Mould Design has the responsibility of delivering mould specifications for both novelty and reorder moulds manufactured on the external platform (suppliers located all over the world). This means that EMF MD is creating 250+ mould designs throughout the year.

In order to control this amount of specifications and data, we use Siemens NX CAD system together with Teamcenter (PLM — Product Lifecycle Management) and Classifications (standard library). This position requires a mould designer with experience in mould design and the ability to analyse mould design-related problems and come up with solid technical solutions in a collaborative way of working.

Your contribution to executing the mould design rework will add to our ability to deliver 500+ STM (Standard Tool Moulds) moulds of high quality from the global manufacturing platform into the LEGO qualification and production sites, ensuring high output and quality of LEGO bricks.

Do You Have What It Takes?

• Background as a Mould Designer with experience in the manufacturing of plastic injection moulds.

• A minimum of 1 year of experience in plastic injection mould design.Experience and knowledge of toolmaking processes.

• Strong knowledge and experience with CAD systems and 3D design (preferably NX), Microsoft Office, and SAP.

• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with strong interpersonal abilities.

• Experience collaborating with remote teams.

• Experience working in cross-cultural teams with a global mindset, enabling you to build strong relationships with people across geographical, cultural, and professional borders.

• Ability to analyse mould design-related problems and develop sound technical solutions.

• A solid understanding of the requirements for LEGO building elements in relation to look, feel, and function.

• Motivation to work with Lean principles.

• Advanced oral and written English proficiency (Level 13–16 / C1–C2).

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Knowledge of moulding processes and plastic materials in general.

• Knowledge of simulation tools (CAE — Computer-Aided Engineering, and similar).

• Knowledge of additive manufacturing relevant to mould design and mould tempering.

• Background and experience in data collection and fact-based decision-making.

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 seeksto 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.

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