Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Job Summary:
At Disney, we ‘re storytellers. We make the impossible possible. We do this through utilizing and developing cutting-edge technology and pushing the envelope to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join our talented team that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world.
“We create happiness.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help inspire that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits of entertainment and create the never-before-seen!
Staff Manufacturing Engineer in the Ride & Show Mechanical group at Walt Disney World. You will serve as the organization's technical authority for manufacturing, welding, machining, and fabrication processes supporting primarily Walt Disney World. This role provides strategic technical leadership across design, manufacturing, quality, and sustaining to ensure safe, reliable, manufacturable, and cost-effective solutions. The Staff Manufacturing Engineer establishes manufacturing standards, mentors’ engineers, drives process improvement, and influences critical design decisions throughout the design process.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the subject matter expert for manufacturing, welding, machining, fabrication, heat treating, plating and assembly processes.
- Provide design-for-manufacturability (DFM) reviews throughout the engineering design process.
- Establish and maintain manufacturing engineering best practices, standards, and specifications.
- Provide technical leadership for complex fabrication challenges involving weldments, structural systems, machined components, and assemblies.
- Develop fabrication strategies, tooling concepts, fixtures, and manufacturing plans supporting production and sustaining efforts.
- Provide expertise in weld sequencing, shrinkage prediction, bend allowances, and machining operations.
- Support development, review, and revision of engineering documentation including fabrication drawings, weld details, machining drawings, and manufacturing work instructions.
- Provide technical guidance regarding non-conforming materials and products.
- Partner with Quality Assurance to determine root causes and corrective actions.
- Lead process improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, throughput, and cost efficiency.
- Support qualification and auditing of internal and external fabrication suppliers.
- Evaluate emerging manufacturing technologies, materials, equipment, and fabrication processes.
- Mentor engineers and technical staff in manufacturing methods, fabrication standards, and engineering best practices.
- Develops and maintains manufacturing-ready packages supporting fabrication operations.
- Maintains configuration control and technical accuracy of manufacturing documentation and CAD models.
- Supports Quality Assurance with requirements for qualifying Welders and Welding Procedures.
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of engineering experience involving design, fabrication, manufacturing, or sustainment of heavy equipment, industrial machinery, structural systems, or related products.
- Proven design and production experience in castings, forging, sheet metal, and stampings.
- Proven experience in design and production of weldments and weldments and fixtures.
- Proven in-depth machine shop experience.
- Proven experience in NDT techniques and application.
- Demonstrated experience/expertise in dimensioning and tolerancing per ASME Y14.5 including GD&T.
- Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing Weld Procedure Specifications and Welding Performance Qualification Records per AWS D1.1, D1.2, and D1.6.
- Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills to audiences at all levels.
- Demonstrated experience successfully completing multiple, concurrent, engineering tasks and projects.
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and influence without direct authority.
- Demonstrated experience partnering across multiple disciplines and organization types.
- Demonstrated proficiency in utilizing Engineering and Design software such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks.
- Demonstrated proficiency in classical and/or computer-based engineering analysis using hand calculations, FEA software (ANSYS) and/or MathCAD.
- Proven experience utilizing industry standards.
- Demonstrated proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Office software.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven active, or ability to obtain, Professional Engineer license in Florida.
- Minimum three (3) years proven experience with Disney design standards or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience in engineering design involving fiberglass and other composites.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing technical education.
- Proven ASME or AWS or equivalent society membership.
- Proven AWS Certified Welding Inspector.
- Experience evaluating suppliers and partners.
- Experience in regulated environments with a focus on safety and reliability.
Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Materials Engineering from ABET accredited school.
- Master’s degree in Engineering is preferred.