Ride Project Engineer Senior
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About the Role & Team
Walt Disney Imagineering is the creative force that imagines, designs, and brings to life all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions, and cruise ships worldwide. Working across a spectrum of disciplines that range from creative and conceptual to scientific and technical, Imagineers blend an innovative mixture of storytelling, art, science, and technology to create immersive experiences, memorable destinations, and innovative entertainment for families around the globe.
Nearly every project at Walt Disney Imagineering includes a first-of-its-kind. Innovation is in our DNA, and Imagineers constantly push the boundaries of technology and invent new goals as well as the solutions to achieve them. As Imagineers, one of our greatest rewards is knowing that the experiences and environments we create inspire others. The diversity of expertise at Imagineering makes us uniquely capable of influencing positive change in our communities and around the world. And knowing that we have helped make a difference is incredibly fulfilling and inspiring for all of us.
At Ride Engineering, it is our responsibility to move people through our stories in magical ways that bring these experiences to life! Ride Engineers bring optimism and solutions to design challenges that often seem impossible, and partner with diverse creative talent to define and build one-of-a-kind experiences that bring fun and joy to millions of people all around the world. We Create To Inspire!
You will report to Portfolio Ride Engineering Executive.
This is a Full-Time position.
What You Will Do:
The Ride Project Engineer, Senior, is the leader of a Ride Engineering team for a project and is responsible for delivering ride systems on time and on budget. They are responsible for every aspect of ride system design & development from concept through testing and handover for a wide variety of innovative ride platforms that include unique requirements for extreme duty cycles, high reliability, and inherent life safety. They must collaborate on diverse teams that include both technical and creative members and be comfortable in environments where scope and requirements change frequently.
As a Ride Project Engineer, Senior, you will:
Serve as Ride Studio representative on project core teams
Collaborate with Creative, Operations, Maintenance, Show, and Facility teams to develop and meet requirements
Lead concept and system design for innovative ride platforms
Define scope, direct teams, and balance stakeholder needs
Execute and improve Ride Engineering Standards of Practice
Manage business interests: strategies, cost estimates, resource plans, and schedules
Ensure comprehensive, high-quality engineering results and system deliverables
Maintain compliance with Disney, industry, and local safety and quality standards
Lead technical and safety design reviews
Prepare bid packages, guide contracts, and collaborate on procurement
Serve as Responsible Individual for vendor and consultant contracts
Oversee vendor design, fabrication, commissioning, and site installation/testing
Validate installations and conduct field testing, including on construction sites
Collaborate on "Blue Sky" initiatives representing Ride Studio interests
Lead moderate-scale engineering scopes and manage various resources
Required Qualifications & Skills:
5+ years of professional experience, including responsibility for engineering design, analysis, production, installation and test; developing engineering scopes of work, budgets, schedules and resource plans; leading field installation and testing
Managed projects with budgets over $10 million
Experience as leader of a technical team through the design and delivery process
Demonstrated experience and skills in project management and vendor management
Hands-on experience with equipment mockups, prototypes, fabrication, assembly, installation and test
Proficiency in life safety design/requirements of engineered systems
Skill in negotiating scope with stakeholders
Background in outside vendor management
Aptitude for technical issue resolution
Familiarity with Capitalized Project Delivery
Experience leading the hazard analysis and system safety design process
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Disney or comparable amusement industry experience with an emphasis on ride systems
Contract management skills
Knowledge of relevant Ride Engineering and industry standards
Familiar with new/emerging technology and applications within the Entertainment industry
Working knowledge of manufacturing and quality control processes
Hardware knowledge and hands-on field installation and test experience
Proven track record in successfully leading high value scope
Technical certification: EIT or PE
Required Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or Software) from an accredited college or university.
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 at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
Sobre Walt Disney Imagineering:
Fundada em 1952 como WED Enterprises para projetar e construir o primeiro parque temático do mundo — a Disneyland — a Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) é onde a imaginação e a criatividade se combinam à tecnologia de ponta para criar experiências inesquecíveis. A WDI é a força criativa que imagina, projeta e constrói todos os parques temáticos, resorts, atrações e navios de cruzeiro Disney em todo o mundo. A força exclusiva da Imagineering vem de sua diversificada equipe global de profissionais criativos e técnicos, que aproveitam o legado de contar histórias da Disney para criar novas formas de entretenimento. O Imagineers praticam essa combinação única de arte e ciências em mais de 100 disciplinas para conduzir uma ideia desde a fase de conceito “visionário” até o dia da inauguração.
Sobre The Walt Disney Company:
A The Walt Disney Company, juntamente com suas subsidiárias e afiliadas, é uma líder diversificada em entretenimento familiar e mídia internacional que inclui três segmentos principais de negócios: Disney Entertainment, ESPN e Disney Experiences. Desde seus primeiros passos como um estúdio de desenho animado na década de 1920 até se tornar o atual nome de destaque na indústria do entretenimento, a Disney orgulhosamente dá continuidade a seu legado de criação de histórias e experiências de padrão internacional para toda a família. As histórias, personagens e experiências da Disney tocam consumidores e visitantes de todas as partes do mundo. Com operações em mais de 40 países, nossos funcionários e colaboradores trabalham juntos para criar experiências de entretenimento adoradas por todos.
Esta vaga é oferecida junto à Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., que é parte de um segmento de negócios que chamamos de Walt Disney Imagineering.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. é um empregador de oportunidades iguais. Os candidatos serão selecionados para emprego independente de raça, religião, cor, sexo, orientação sexual, gênero, identidade de gênero, expressão de gênero, nacionalidade, ancestralidade, idade, estado civil, status militar ou de veterano, quadro clínico, informações genéticas ou deficiência, ou qualquer outro motivo proibido por lei federal, estadual ou local. A Disney defende um ambiente de negócios em que ideias e decisões de todas as pessoas nos ajudam a crescer, inovar, criar as melhores histórias e ser relevantes em um mundo em constante evolução.