Red Canyon

Junior CAD Designer

Orlando, Florida, United States

Full Time

41 minutes ago

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Job description

Do you want to help a small company make a BIG difference in space? Do you take ownership of your job and responsibility for your actions? Then come work for Red Canyon and help us continue our mission of helping humankind reach the stars!

Red Canyon Software is seeking a junior CAD Designer to support Walt Disney Imagineering's Ride Controls team! Ride Controls designers prepare and maintain drawings for the Ride Control Systems Engineering group. You must be skilled in CAD and also have knowledge and experience with all types of electrical components and manufacturing processes. You will help to develop and maintain the CAD and drafting standards, and work closely with engineers in resolving detailed design issues. For work in the Ride group, you must have a breadth of knowledge and be a generalist who works well on any type of mechanical and/or electrical devices to accommodate the wide variety of tasks they may encounter.

Location: Orlando, FL

Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm ET

Contract, hourly position through 11/24/2025 with possible extension

Responsibilities:

Interpret electrical control system design requirements and build original layouts, iterative assembly and detail drawings, schematics, artwork, isometrics, and illustrations.
Review, analyze, and integrate the technical requirements, technical accuracy, and design approach in conjunction with team engineers.
Craft electro-mechanical packaging of industrial control panels and enclosures based on high-level concepts from engineers.
Select components from Walt Disney Imagineering preferred manufacturers and prepare design detail drawings and schematics for industrial control panels using AutoCAD.
Ensure compliance with UL508a and National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements, and dimension and tolerance practices per ANSI Y14.5
Present and review designs with controls and mechanical engineers and attend meetings as needed.
Model equipment locations in a ride facility design using Revit.
Deliver production assembly drawings, detail drawings, bills of material, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, and equipment lists.
Prepare and release fully developed drawings into internal data management systems.
Participate in reviewing engineering drawings supplied by vendors, clients, and other subject areas, for consistency to drafting standards.
Design multi-layer PCB assemblies based on engineering schematics.

Required:

At least 2 years of experience with design of control systems for electromechanical systems
Associate Degree in Electronics or Engineering Design
Sophisticated knowledge of industrial control panel design and components such as PLCs, VFDs, control switches/buttons, enclosures, relays, power supplies, connectors, terminal blocks
Knowledge of electrical and mechanical design standards and codes, including UL508a, NEC, and ANSI Y14.5
Proficient in developing electrical equipment assemblies, schematics, one-line diagrams, and equipment schedules
Advanced CAD skills using AutoCAD in 2D
Well-adapted in model and drawing revision control
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office Word and Excel
Able to prioritize multiple tasks and deliver work in a timely manner
Works well on a team
Strong communication skills

Preferred:

Strong 3D CAD skills for integrating ride control equipment into facility and mechanical CAD packages, and for visualization by other subject area
Advanced CAD skills using AutoCAD, Solidworks, Revit, and Navisworks
Good knowledge of manufacturing processes including printed circuit board design and fabrication
Familiarity with industrial operational technology networking equipment and structured cabling design
Knowledge of Rockwell and/or Beckhoff automation systems components
Field experience with control system wiring, startup, and testing
Knowledge of single and multi-layer Printed Circuit
Boards, their related schematics, assemblies, and fabrication
Ability to design multi-layer PCB assemblies based on engineering schematics
Ability to prepare, update and/or revise SolidWorks and EPLAN drawings and models
Proficient in Microsoft Office software, and Adobe tool suite
Formal training in AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and/or Revit

We have a fun and talented team of engineers and we are committed to our engineers continued success and development. Included in our employment package are immediate HUBZone bonus, health benefits, profit sharing, referral bonuses, and a generous 401(K) retirement plan. 1099 independent contractor options are also available.

Red Canyon Engineering and Software: “Exploring Other Planets, Improving our Own”

Red Canyon contracts with NASA, NOAA, NREL, JPL, and DOD, in addition to customers such as Lockheed Martin Space, Raytheon, Sierra Space, a.i. solutions, Walt Disney Imagineering, SAIC, Sidus Space, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, Honeywell, KBRwyle, Peraton, LASP, Maxar, Blue Origin, and Moog. We specialize in building spacecraft, developing renewable energy technologies to help make our planet a better world and cutting edge research and development. Our disciplines include embedded flight software, software testing, GN&C, systems engineering, mechanical design, structural analysis, real time flight and ground software, simulation software, user interface software, and mission management software. We help our contractors with the full life cycle of product development from requirements to test and delivery.

Some of the programs we have previously or currently worked on include: Human Lander System, Artemis I-II, WorldView Legion V, Perseverance Rover, InSight, GeoXO, Tranche-1, LizzieSat, Dream Chaser, Psyche, Mars 98, Odyssey 01, Stardust, Genesis and Deep Impact, Mars Phoenix, Joint Polar Satellite System, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Orion, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, GOES-R, OSIRIS-REx, Maven, JUNO, Grail, and the MarsFlight and LunarSIM Simulation.

Red Canyon’s home office is located in scenic Denver, Colorado, and our regional office, Launch Now, is in historic downtown Titusville, Florida. We are a small company that maintains a flat organization to decrease our overhead and costs to our customers. Our number one focus is to solve some of the most complicated engineering problems humankind is facing.

Does it sound like you want to join our mission?

Red Canyon Software, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Red Canyon Software, Inc does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.