About this role
Job Posting Title:
Disney Live Entertainment Technical Development Intern, Summer/Fall 2026Req ID:
10138539Job Description:
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.Job Posting Segment:
Disney Live EntertainmentJob Posting Primary Business:
Technical Delivery (DLE)Primary Job Posting Category:
OtherEmployment Type:
Full timePrimary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Glendale, CA, USAAlternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2026-01-23Other facts
About The Walt Disney Company
Imagine a career at Disneyland Paris.
From the moment you arrive, you’ll be immersed in a dynamic and multicultural team of talent that welcomes our Guests every day to create magical souvenirs they’ll cherish forever. Since 1992, we’ve opened our Park gates to 320 million visitors and made the dreams of millions come true!
You too could be part of the magic!
The success in delivering these projects and their stories is thanks to our team of 15,000 Cast Members who live Walt Disney’s vision: they bring imagination and wonder to our guests while seeing their own careers flourish.
And this is where you can get involved. We have 500 different job profiles across our corporate and operations departments, so whether you’re interested in the operational roles within our Park, maybe to work part-time alongside your studies, or if you’re interested in Marketing, Finance, Engineering and our other corporate roles, we invite you to apply to us!
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What you'll do
- The intern will work on technology development projects, including creating prototypes and small-scale mockups to test technical feasibility. They will also assist with technical research and documentation development.
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