Disney Live Entertainment Technical Development Intern, Summer/Fall 2026
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10138539 Ubicación Glendale, California, Estados Unidos Business Walt Disney Imagineering Fecha de publicación 23/01/2026Detalles del empleo:
About the Role & Program
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! Our diverse team – representing a wide variety of fields 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 approximate date of this internship is June 2026 to December 2026, located in Glendale, CA.
What You Will Do
- Work on technology development projects, which may include drones, virtual production, video game design, 3d printing, building robots, or something else!
- Develop prototypes and small-scale mockups to test technical feasibility and support creative assessment of functionality
- Work on projects that impact our international and domestic offerings, which include stage productions, nighttime spectaculars, puppetry, interactive characters and worlds, etc.
- Assist with technical research and documentation development
- Track and review incoming and outgoing communication and deliverables
- Partner with cross-functional teams, including creative, production, designers, consultants, and vendors
Preferred Qualifications:
- Passion for technology and live entertainment
- Fabrication skills, technical production, or design experience
- Experience working with real-time interactive digital worlds, such as Unreal Engine, TouchDesigner, and Unity
- Experience creating and delivering compelling presentations, distilling technical details into simple written and visual communication
- Familiarity with entertainment programming software (such as MA 3D, Navigator, Hippotizer, Qaysi)
- Experience working with digital illustration tools such as Illustrator, Photoshop, SketchUp, Maya, Rhino, and 3ds Max
- Thorough, organized, and detail-oriented
- Able to handle multiple tasks and priorities
- Work collaboratively and independently
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated proficiency with Excel, Adobe, and PowerPoint or Keynote
- Demonstrated proficiency in modeling software, including CADD (Revit and/or AutoCAD)
- Experience in an entertainment or theatrical technical environment
Preferred Education:
- Junior, Senior, and Graduate students earning or completing an MFA in a technical design-related field
Eligibility Requirements & Program Information
Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all the requirements below:
- Be enrolled in an accredited college/university, taking at least one class at the time of application posting, OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Possess unrestricted work authorization
- Possess a valid US driver’s license and have the ability to operate a company vehicle
- Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or Disney College Program
- Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
Additional Internal Posting:
- Able to provide reliable transportation to/from work
- Must be fully available for the duration of the internship
- Must provide own housing
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The pay rate for this role in Glendale, CA is $26.50 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
Acerca de Walt Disney Imagineering:
Fundado en 1952 como WED Enterprises para diseñar y construir el primer parque temático del mundo, Disneyland, Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) es donde la imaginación y la creatividad se combinan con tecnología de vanguardia para crear experiencias inolvidables. WDI es la fuerza creativa que imagina, diseña y construye todos los parques temáticos, resorts, atracciones y cruceros de Disney en todo el mundo. La fuerza única de Imagineering proviene de su equipo global diverso de profesionales creativos y técnicos, que se basan en el legado de narración de historias de Disney para ser pionero en nuevas formas de entretenimiento. Los Imagineers que practican esta combinación única de arte y ciencia trabajan en más de 100 disciplinas para guiar una idea desde la fase conceptual del “cielo azul” hasta el día de la inauguración.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en Disney Imagineering Live, LLC , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney Imagineering Live, LLC es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes recibirán consideración para el empleo independientemente de su raza, religión, color, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, nacionalidad, ascendencia, edad, estado civil, condición de militar o veterano, afección médica, información genética o discapacidad, o cualquier otro fundamento prohibido por la ley federal, estatal o local. Disney defiende un entorno empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo en constante evolución.