Senior Engineer, RF

Job Description

Are you ready to build the next generation of Play? Join the Creative Play Lab and invent ground-breaking new play opportunities and never‑seen‑before creative experiences for LEGO® fans of today and tomorrow! As a senior individual contributor in our Hardware Engineering group, you will be operating on a global scale in a newly developed team within the Play Engineering organization in Product Innovation and Design at the LEGO Group in Boston.

Core Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior individual contributor in RF and magnetics requirements development, design, verification, characterization, tuning, and certification of radio and electromagnetic subsystems in complex mechatronic toys that enable awesome play experiences.

• Design, simulate, prototype, characterize, and optimize RF and electromagnetic circuits and antennas operating across a variety of frequency ranges, including common ISM bands and uncommon HF bands.

• Develop and execute comprehensive RF test plans for design verification using equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, protocol analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, anechoic chambers, and protocol‑specific testers.

• Ensure products meet global radio, EMC, and immunity regulatory requirements (FCC, CE, IC, JRL, CCC, etc.) by implementing EMC mitigation techniques, running pre‑compliance tests, updating designs as necessary, and supporting final regulatory compliance efforts.

• Work closely with hardware group functional team members (e.g., Mechanical and Embedded Engineering) from Boston, Denmark, and Singapore to support our capability growth efforts.

Qualifications

• A builder with passion for creatively using technology as a vehicle to deliver truly awesome play experiences to children around the world.

• Vast experience in RF/electromagnetic systems and circuit design roles that involve creating specifications, designing and characterizing hardware, performing validation, and supporting regulatory certification in high‑volume, cost‑sensitive consumer applications.

• Practical experience in implementing hardware for wireless and near‑field communication standards commonly used in low‑cost consumer electronics.

• Hands‑on proficiency in designing, simulating, characterizing, and tuning antennas in varied topologies and form factors for performance (range, efficiency, Q, etc.) and regulatory compliance.

• Experience using test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, current problems, LISNs, oscilloscopes, anechoic chambers, and protocol‑specific testers.

• Track record of strong organizational and written/verbal communications skills on global engineering efforts involving both internal and third‑party partner companies.

• Ability to travel as necessary, roughly 15–30 days per year, as part of our global team.

Location

This position can be based at our LEGO office at Boylston St, Back Bay, Boston or at the Global Headquarters in Billund, Denmark. Candidates are eligible to apply for the role at either location.

Hybrid Work Model

Our workplace enables our LEGO colleagues to be and do their best roducing a flexible way of working is a great example of how we live up to our ambition. This three‑day in‑the‑office hybrid model will exemplify our People Promise by embracing the different life situations of our colleagues.

Compensation

The salary for this position based in Boston has a range of $113,000 – 169,000 with bonus eligibility, based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalization of the employment offer.

Benefits

• Enhanced paid leave options for important times.

• Life and disability insurance providing protection and peace of mind.

• Headspace App and wellbeing initiatives accessible to all colleagues.

• Generous colleague discount from day one.

• Global bonus scheme rewarding goal…