Ride & Show Controls Engineer II

Universal Studios Hollywood; California (MO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking a highly skilled Controls Engineer II to design, implement, and sustain safety-related ride and show control systems, ensuring reliability and diagnostics readiness. You will participate in design reviews, installations, and validation for systems built by external vendors.

Ideal candidates will bring 4+ years in control systems, strong troubleshooting and documentation skills, and experience with Rockwell, Siemens S7, Beckhoff, and HMI platforms.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in the field of Control Systems Engineering.
• Strong critical thinking and complex troubleshooting skills.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• High degree of tact and diplomacy to obtain favorable decisions or maintain goodwill.
• Experience with Rockwell Automation products and software.
• Experience with motor control and VFDs.
• Experience with PLCs/PACs and IPCs.
• Server-based HMI systems (e.g., FactoryTalk View SE, Ignition).
• Closed-loop motion control and servo system.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

Responsibilities

• Safety-related control system design, implementation, validation, and sustainment, including all associated design and documentation deliverables
• Generating and implementing engineering changes (hardware, software, and documentation) to sustain ride and show control systems
• Design, development, documentation, analysis, testing, and modification of safety-related control and computing systems
• Supporting downtime response and recovery by troubleshooting control systems and coordinating follow-up corrective actions
• Reviewing and validating vendor and/or peer engineering designs, installations/implementations, and test documentation
• Generating maintenance procedure and manual updates, as well as preparing and delivering maintenance training for controls equipment
• Supporting new attractions and major overhauls/refurbishments (primarily controls system updates) through design reviews, commissioning support, and validation
• Performing root cause analysis (RCA), documenting findings, and driving program/process improvements to reduce repeat downtime events

Skills

Control systems

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Risk assessment

Rockwell Automation

Siemens S7

Beckhoff TwinCAT

FactoryTalk View SE

Ignition

HMI

PLCs/PACs/IPCs

Motion control

Hydraulic & pneumatic

Tools

Rockwell Automation

Siemens S7

Beckhoff TwinCAT

FactoryTalk View SE

Ignition

Git

Job description

NBCUniversal is seeking a highly skilled Controls Engineer II to design, implement, and sustain safety-related ride and show control systems, ensuring reliability and diagnostics readiness. You will participate in design reviews, installations, and validation for systems built by external vendors.

Ideal candidates will bring 4+ years in control systems, strong troubleshooting and documentation skills, and experience with Rockwell, Siemens S7, Beckhoff, and HMI platforms.