Ride Effects Engineer

Come and help us create the next generation of immersive theme park experiences! At Chessington World of Adventures, we're constantly pushing the boundaries of technology, storytelling and guest immersion. As we continue to develop exciting new attractions, including our highly anticipated Minecraft-themed land and ride experience, we have new permanent openings for talented Ride Effects Engineers to join our Ride Effects AV Team.

Reporting to the Ride Effects AV Team Leader, you as a Ride Effects Engineer will play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the technical systems that bring our attractions to life. From show control systems and networked audio to interactive technology, animatronics, special effects and digital guest experiences, the Ride Effects Engineers will help to create memorable moments for millions of guests every year.

We have exciting opportunities to work on both established attractions and emerging technologies, helping to support one of the UK's most well-known resort destinations. Working within the Technical Services team, you the Ride Effects Engineer will support the maintenance, repair, inspection and continuous improvement of ride effects, themed experiences, show control systems, AV technology, animatronics and interactive guest experiences across the resort.

You'll also play a key role in supporting Chessington World of Adventures exciting new Minecraft attraction, helping to maintain the technology that powers immersive gameplay and interactive guest experiences. This will include supporting guest touchpoints, gamification systems, sensors, scoring platforms, media systems and network-connected technologies that form part of the attraction experience.

Using structured fault-finding techniques and a proactive approach to reliability, you'll support technical investigations, root-cause analysis, upgrades and improvement projects, helping to ensure our attractions remain safe, reliable and ready for our guests to enjoy.

This is not a typical maintenance engineering role, as a Ride Effects Engineer in this position, you'll be hands-on in a diverse array of systems and platforms, ranging from: Show Control Systems Q-SYS Networked Audio Platforms Pharos Lighting Control Systems Electrical Fault Finding & Diagnostics Interactive Guest Technologies Animatronics and Themed Effects AV and Media Systems RFID & Sensor Technologies TCP/IP Networks & Connected Attraction Systems Minecraft-themed Interactive Technologies Lighting & Special Effects Digital Guest Experience Platforms From maintaining world-class attractions to supporting one of the most anticipated new developments in the UK theme park industry, you'll help shape the future of immersive entertainment at Chessington World of Adventures.</...

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