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Ride Control – Control Systems Engineer
| Company | The Walt Disney Company |
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| Location | Glendale, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $112600 – $200200 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Experienced in fail-safe and safety-related control system design.
- Extensive knowledge of control processors, components, and communication networks.
- Highly proficient in industrial control system installation, integration, and commissioning.
- Solid understanding of communication protocols: TCP/IP, CAN, serial, ProfiNET, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT.
- Experience with requirements management, test plans/procedures, and test execution.
- Demonstrated practice in functional safety standards, including IEC 61508, IEC 62061, ISO 13849.
- Familiarity with amusement and automation industry standards, including ASTM F2291.
- Solid skills in technical document writing.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally for 1-week to 3-year durations.
- Ability to handle multiple complex efforts simultaneously, coordinate team efforts, and manage tasks and priorities.
Responsibilities
- Manage entire scope to conceive, design, & deliver control systems for a wide variety of complex and innovative ride systems and related equipment.
- Conduct systems engineering for ride control systems.
- Define system use cases and user needs.
- Develop and capture requirements and functional specifications in documents, drawings, and models.
- Ensure compliance with control system safety standards.
- Perform engineering design and analysis for ride control systems.
- Develop control strategies and algorithms.
- Research new products, technologies, and methodologies.
- Design, model, and analyze control systems, data communication, and dynamic systems.
- Collaborate with other design and engineering professionals to implement ride control systems.
- Develop implementation plans and budgets.
- Develop and implement mock-ups and prototypes for proof-of-concept efforts.
- Develop test requirements and documents, and lead testing efforts.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficient with engineering design tools, including AutoCAD, Matlab, Simulink, Solidworks.
- Proficient in Rockwell and Siemens automation systems architecture and components.
- Expertise in motor and motion control methods and components.
- Knowledge of pneumatic controls and devices.
- Experience in broad application of control system theory (closed-loop control, MIMO systems, positioning and navigation).
- Knowledge of international amusement industry standards applicable in France, Hong Kong, or China.
