Systems Engineer

1 Month ago • 1 Years + • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Systems Engineer on the Modeling, Simulation, and Training Tools (MST) team at Walt Disney Imagineering, you'll contribute to all stages of Disney attraction development. You'll build software tools for detailed engineering simulations and analyses, supporting various departments internationally. Responsibilities include writing code for simulation applications, partnering with cross-functional teams to define requirements, documenting studies, troubleshooting software and models, providing coding expertise, analyzing simulation results, and recommending system improvements. The role involves developing and reviewing mechanical and system-level simulations, visiting attractions for measurements, and ensuring efficiency and project goal attainment.
Must have:
  • 1+ years C# programming experience
  • Object-oriented design proficiency
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Software troubleshooting & problem-solving
  • Experience with engineering software & development environments
  • Git & CI/CD tool knowledge
Good to have:
  • Entertainment industry experience
  • Ride & Show Control Systems knowledge
  • PLC hardware programming & troubleshooting
  • MATLAB/Simulink, Siemens TIA Portal, Rockwell Automation experience
  • Python scripting
  • Unity3D or Unreal Engine development
  • Industrial communication protocols knowledge
  • Agile software development experience

Job Details

Job Summary:

Would you like to be a part of a team that contributes to every stage of the Disney attraction life cycle, from Blue Sky to Sustainment? As a System Engineer on the Modeling, Simulation, and Training Tools (MST) team, you will build software tools that are used to provide detailed engineering simulation and analysis services internationally for Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), Park Operations Line of Business, Transportation, Engineering Services, Entertainment, and other Global Engineering & Technology partners.

These services include: systems level simulations of our rides and attractions; Software-In-the-Loop (SIL) or Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) software design/testing platforms; multi-agent simulations; training simulations; large scale transportation simulations; statistical analyses; and development of signal processing and optimization algorithms.

This position will be on site based in Orlando, FL reporting to Manager-Systems Engineering.

What You Will Do

As a Systems Engineer, you will be a user of our suite of in-house engineering tools to model and analyze the rides and attractions at our Parks. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, in an office work environment.

On any given day, you might:

  • Write code for simulation applications for use by internal engineering and creative partners.

  • Partner with Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) Creative, WDI Ride, Industrial Engineering, and Global Engineering & Technology partners to identify requirements and use cases for new applications of our tools.

  • Write detailed documentation regarding studies performed on models.

  • Assist users with troubleshooting and resolving bugs in deployed software and models.

  • Provide logic and coding expertise to multi-disciplinary team to influence system designs.

  • Analyze results from simulations and recommend improvements to the system design to help improve efficiency and reach the projects goals.

  • Develop and review detailed mechanical and system-level simulations using various simulation software and software development environments.

  • Visit under-construction and operating attractions to understand their operating principles and take measurements.

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • 1+ years of experience C# programming

  • Proficiency in object-oriented design principles

  • Willingness to learn new technologies and languages, and apply them to solve engineering problems

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for interacting directly with partners, internal customers, and users

  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and assess software errors to develop and implement solutions

  • Practice using engineering software and software development environments (e.g., Visual Studio)

  • An understanding of source control tools such as Git, and continuous integration tools such as GitLab CI or similar

  • Working knowledge of industrial automation equipment

Preferred Qualifications

It would be great if you are familiar with any of the following:

  • Engineering within the entertainment industry, Ride and Show Control Systems, Programming and troubleshooting PLC hardware

  • Third-party analysis software such as MathWorks: MATLAB, Simulink; Siemens TIA Portal; Rockwell Automation: Studio 5000

  • Scripting languages including Python

  • Development using game engines such as Unity3D or Unreal

  • Familiarity with industrial communication protocols and/or protocol design

  • Familiarity with Agile software development practices, including scrum, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical background from ABET certified curriculum.

Additional Information

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