Sr Controls Engineer (Los Angeles)

Job Requirements

About the Role & Team

As a Sustaining Controls Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on the Ride Control aspect of Registered Attractions for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. You will be hands-on, designing, developing, and troubleshooting PLC hardware/modules as well as some smaller scale software coding as needed. This is a highly dynamic work environment with rapidly changing priorities where you will be providing technical direction; delivering troubleshooting resolution; analyzing control system/software hazards; and leading technical projects. In this senior engineer capacity, you will have minimal oversight from leadership, manage tasks independently, and mentor early career Cast. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, service provider work environments, machine learning, and safety.

Accountable for field engineering support to the Disneyland Resort and supporting departments, including control systems engineering services for ride, show, and other ride-related control systems.

These services include: planning, organizing, and leading teams in troubleshooting; problem resolution; system operational enhancements; system reliability improvement; and documentation. Must have sufficient technical knowledge and awareness of details to be able to recognize when technical problems are developing in various disciplines, and to initiate appropriate corrective actions. Respond to mechanical and control emergencies resulting from Attraction downtimes at the Resort.

This position reports to the Sr Manager, Sustaining Engineering.

This is a Full-Time role.

What You Will Do:

  • Respond to attraction downtime, supporting Engineering Services and Operations' urgent needs
  • Develop scope for attraction reliability improvement efforts – design, install, testing, documentation, and closeout
  • Select systems and equipment that will satisfy design requirements and applicable codes and standards
  • Monitor downtime trends looking for targeted areas of improvement for reliability efforts
  • Monitor control system performance to ensure systems operate within established performance criteria
  • Ability to investigate, troubleshoot, and communicate at the system level and be able to dive into the details when needed
  • Responsible for planning, scheduling, conducting and coordinating the technical and management aspects of Sustaining Engineering tasks
  • Proficient in troubleshooting PLC software and hardware on complex ride systems
  • Understand ride system interfaces and how they relate to the overall operation of the Attraction
  • Partner with other Engineering teams on design efforts
  • Interact with maintenance teams and operations partners – gathering intel during downtime response and working cohesively on reliability improvement efforts.
  • Perform ride system hazard analyses, including fault tree analysis and FMEA
  • Ensure compliance with standards and codes: IEEE, NFPA, ASTM, DOSH, NEC/CEC, etc...
  • Adhere to Department change process documents and procedures
  • Stay apprised of the latest developments in ride control system technology, equipment and materials so that designs specify cost-effective, energy-efficient and reliable systems.
  • Ability to work during off-hours/3rd shift hours as needed to support projects/attractions
  • Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • Controls Systems experience with 5+ years in the amusement park industry or industrial/manufacturing environment
  • Ride element performance analysis: dynamic, kinematic, hydraulic and pneumatic analysis and calculations
  • Electronic control systems and signal processing, including familiarity with relays and programmable logic controllers
  • Electrical motor controls, including variable frequency drives and soft starts
  • Variety of industrial automation PLC's including Rockwell, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Mitsubishi, etc...
  • National and California Electrical Code
  • Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory certifications such as UL, TUV, ETL, etc...
  • AutoCAD & Ladder Logic
  • Object-oriented programming, i.e., C/C++
  • Wiring and interconnect diagrams
  • ANSI, ASTM, and IEEE standards
  • Oral and written communication skills leveraging a variety of technologies including email, text, web applications (Slack, SharePoint, Teams) to update stakeholders on task status and schedule

Preferred Qualifications:

  • California Professional Registration
  • Controls circuit design and/or troubleshooting
  • PDL - program design language
  • ICL - imagineer's control language
  • Safety PLCs and safety industrial controls
  • Audio/Visual systems
  • Systems reliability
  • Scripting in C, VB, JS, etc....

Ed ucation:

  • Bachelor of Science from an ABET-accredited engineering program in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with a competitive GPA.

Preferred Education:

  • Master of Science in a technical discipline.

Additional Information

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at .

#DXMedia

Disclaimer

PAY TRANSPARENCY The hiring range for this position in Anaheim, CA is $130,800.00-$159,800.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

This position is with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

To learn more about Disney's guidelines on the use of AI for candidates, click here.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions fr]]> <

Back to blog

Other Jobs To Apply

No other job posts for this day.

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...