Staff Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, scheduling, coordination, and successful execution of complex, high-value multi-disciplined Ride & Show Engineering and Sustaining projects, ensuring alignment with engineering and broader business initiatives and priorities.
• Develop and manage project estimates, schedules, and technical deliverables, providing clear status updates to project managers, engineering leadership, and key stakeholders.
• Perform and review mechanical engineering analyses to support attraction design changes and compliance requirements, including structural, dynamic, kinematic, hydraulic, pneumatic, finite element, and fatigue analysis.
• Prepare company-compliant engineering test scopes, plans, and reports; lead and execute acceptance, performance, and field-testing activities.
• Provide engineering recommendations and technical leadership to resolve attraction operational and mechanical issues, including proactive identification of emerging risks and development of preventive solutions with resort-wide impact.
• Support field installation, inspection, manufacturing, and vendor coordination efforts, resolving technical conflicts to ensure conformance with approved design documentation.
• Respond to attraction downtimes and mechanical emergencies, partnering closely with Engineering Services, Maintenance, and Operations teams to restore availability and improve system reliability.
• Develop and lead attraction reliability improvement initiatives, including scope definition, design, installation, testing, documentation, and closeout.
• Lead technical design reviews, establish and evolve technical standards and frameworks, and set long-term technical direction to drive adoption and continuous improvement.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives and strategic planning efforts, leveraging synergies across teams, organizations, and domestic and international Disney partners.
• Mentor earlier-career engineers and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture.
• Support projects as needed through travel and off-hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• 8+ years of Mechanical Engineering experience in design and fabrication, with demonstrated experience with large-scale industrial machinery, heavy mechanical equipment, or complex mechanical systems.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic system design, including component selection, sizing, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Experience in mechanical equipment component selection and specifications (e.g. bearings, motors, gearbox, etc.).
• Proficiency in SolidWorks and AutoCAD.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment, including mechanical and controls engineering teams.
• Strong interpersonal and team-building skills, with the ability to influence and partner across functions.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
• Prominent experience managing and balancing multiple projects, assignments, and competing priorities.
• Effective use of collaboration and communication tools, including email, messaging, and web-based applications (e.g., Slack, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams).

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science from an ABET accredited engineering program in Mechanical Engineering or related field is required.
• Professional Engineering License preferred.
• Knowledge gained by experience in the following: Machine Design, Fatigue Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Hazard Analysis/Failure Modes and Effects Analysis preferred.

Benefits and Perks

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 https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.