Controls Software Developer (Project Hire/Internal Assignment) at The Walt Disney Company

Glendale, California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Entertainment, Theme Parks, TechnologyIndustries

3 or more years of Industrial Automation and/or Process Control experience, primarily focused on software development within the same domain
Knowledge and experience with modern software development practices, including version control and workflow management tools including JIRA, Clarity, GitHub, GitLab, Subversion, Perforce, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Crucible, Jenkins, etc
Knowledge and experience with process control/controls engineering industry standards and development platforms/languages/technologies, including PLCs, FPGAs, embedded controllers/microcontrollers, and RTOS programming environments
Demonstrable technical writing, documentation, and communication skills
Willing to travel on behalf of the company to project destinations for the purposes of business trips (between overnight and 6 months stay)
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
Scientific or real-time programming skills (PLC’s, C/C++/Visual C)
Experience with mechanical/mechatronic/robotics systems and software toolsets or platforms used to influence or govern the motion of real-world apparatuses
Familiarity and/or experience with: IEC61131-3 programming languages, EtherCAT, ADS, DS-402

Partner with software product team members to deliver solutions applicable across our worldwide menu of projects
Perform software estimation, scheduling, planning, design, implementation, code review, testing, documentation, training, and sustainment activities for assigned product scope
Work closely with other technical divisions of work as well as Senior Product Team members to ensure constructed solutions operate cooperatively and reliably over the expected usable life of the product
Balance evolving technical requirements with fixed budgets and schedules, and communicate risks and options to Studio, Product, and (as appropriate) Project leadership in a timely fashion
Partner with both Studio and Product leadership to execute product goals while employing best software development practices and adhering to relevant company and industry standards
Develop and/or maintain whole feature sets or entire pieces of software for both guest facing and internal WDI facing, including both architecture, design, and implementation
Work with other software product developers and software projects leads to provide incremental and overall updates to status and condition of software product progress