Sr Controls Engineer

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Location Anaheim, California, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Oct. 14, 2026

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.

• 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

• 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…