Holovis
Onboard Systems Industrial Controls Engineer
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Build the onboard control systems behind unforgettable guest experiences.
As an Onboard Systems Industrial Controls Engineer at Holovis, you’ll deliver safe, reliable onboard equipment systems for theme park ride vehicles, powering audio, lighting and interactivity. Integrating onboard power and wayside charging with ride control and other attraction systems alongside them.
Who This Role Is For
You’ll thrive in this role if you:
- Have experience integrating industrial control systems in automation/mobile/harsh environments
- Can take a system from concept to implementation, understanding requirements, architecture and build-ready detail focusing on safety, reliability and maintainability
- Are delivery-focused: comfortable with PLC programming and configuration, on-site fault-finding and supporting install, commissioning and SAT
- Work confidently with ride vendors, manufacturers and suppliers to align system, controls, delivery and safety interfaces through build, site delivery and handover
Backgrounds we often see succeed:
- Industrial controls and automation engineering backgrounds with a strong integration mindset, such as automotive, aerospace, rail, defence, marine, material handling, and other safety-critical or harsh-environment platforms.
Technical Expectations
What you’ll need coming in:
- Deliver end-to-end controls and system expertise all the way to commissioning and handover
- Write and review clear requirements, theory of operation, schematics and maintenance documentation, including functional safety and verification approach
- Own specifications and ICDs for onboard power (battery/supercapacitor), wayside charging and interfaces to ride control/attraction systems
- Electrical engineering fundamentals for high-power, safety-critical systems including component selection, protection and architecture choices
- Working knowledge of PLC-based control integration, diagnostics and industrial communications
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What you’ll learn here:
- How to work with ride vendors and ride control suppliers and theme park owners
- How core engineering systems intersect with onboard audio, lighting and interactivity across multiple vendors and systems
- Holovis documentation standards and HPMS workflows (from schematic to installation packs and handover) and client standards and specifications
Core Responsibilities
Design & documentation
- Own onboard control requirements, architecture through to construction design and deliver clear build, installation and service documentation
Specifications and Materials
- Define onboard controls specifications (power distribution, battery/supercapacitor energy storage, wayside charging, protection, earthing/bonding) and manage multi-vendor interfaces (signals, networks and responsibilities) to integrate with ride control and other attraction control systems
Testing, verification & validation
- Create and drive test plans for safety functions, client, and power/charging performance through FAT/SAT and vehicle integration test
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Practical details
- Able to travel to client sites and our offices globally
- Able to effectively work across time zones
How You’ll Work
You’ll be hands-on, collaborative and process driven. You’ll need to balance multiple priorities while keeping documentation and communication clear and to spec. We value experienced problem-solving and engineering discipline, especially when working across international teams, suppliers and client stakeholders.
Who Holovis Is
Holovis designs and delivers world-class, guest-facing systems for the themed entertainment industry. We work at the intersection of engineering, technology and story, building complex solutions that must perform 365 days a year for thousands of guests per hour, in real world conditions.
We’re a team of engineers, technologists and delivery professionals who take pride in building systems that work reliably because we put testing and preparedness first and we work collaboratively with partners and clients to do it well.
Some of our partners and clients include Netflix, Disney, Universal Studios, Intamin, Vekoma and Rousch.
Interested?
If this sounds like something you could do well, even if you don’t meet every requirement or are from outside the themed entertainment industry, we’d like to hear from you.
Apply now and share an example where you worked on an industrial controls system project end-to-end, covering safety requirements, key interfaces, and integration testing through to handover.
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