Walt Disney Imagineering Looking for Materials & Process Designer – Temporary Assignment (TA)/Project Hire (PH) Full Time

Through innovative storytelling and a culture of collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment creates, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences. From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations the world over. This diverse team – representing a wide variety of disciplines and talents from technical directors, writers and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers – brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle… and a dash of pixie dust.

The Materials & Process Designer is instrumental in the research, development, and implementation of the materials used in costumes across the enterprise. They will partner closely with Costume Designers, Digital Sculptors, internal and external vendors, and many more.

This position will report to the Manager – Costume Production.

This is a temporary role with no guarantee of permanent placement.

What You Will Do

• Function as in-house materials authority in comparing the attributes of both traditional materials (composites, plastics, etc.) and new materials (foams, etc.) during product design.

• Handle confidential information pertaining to employees and intellectual property.

• Coordinate testing of materials by outside contractors and the summarization and interpretation of test results.

• Participate in materials selection decisions during the development process.

• Prepare material performance specifications.

• Research and identify outside contractors with shown capability to work with selected materials.

• Act as a technical authority for the purchasing process for the external contracting of production manufacturing.

• Provide technical consultation to manufacturing quality control for the manufacturing process in on-site manufacturing facilities and at external contractors.

• Function as an individual contributor or a team lead as projects require.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 3+ years of experience with a large variety of composites, plastics, foams, and similar materials

• Reformulation, molding, lay-up, and crafting techniques experience

• Human factors engineering and ergonomics experience

• Experience communicating (both internal & external) with collaborators at all levels

• Experience gaining consensus in a creative team where collaboration is key

• Experience prioritizing multiple workstreams

• Experience with the art of compromise and influence

• Continuous process improvement experience

• Experience turning raw client data and translating it for a specific audience

• Experience in industry trend research

• Ability to work around different types of fabrics, fibers, and furs

• Willing to work outside regular business hours (nights, weekends, holidays) as needed

• Ability to travel domestically up to 10% and internationally up to 5% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Valid Passport

• Experience with the following programs: Solidworks, eDrawing, Rhino, DesignX, Maya and/or Zbrush

• Experience with rapid prototyping

• Experience with various textiles

• Alternative finishes experiences

• Experience with themed entertainment

Education

• High school degree or equivalent is required

• Advanced degree in Material Engineering or equivalent is preferred

Additional Information

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.

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