The Great Escape Room is searching for a Hardware Technician to meet our overwhelming demand for producing quality magical experiences. This position will be geared mainly towards designing, building and installing electronics into experiences or props for one of our many locations.
Job duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
Maintain existing hardware in the event of broken or damaged part
Modify existing hardware for updates to gameplay
Collaborate with other tech team members
Follow testing procedures to ensure they work properly.
Identify and isolate defects or design flaws
Design and test circuits and other electronic components
Integrate components into the final design
Iterate, implement and track design versions
Estimate cost, reliability, and safety factors
Use CAD software to produce and analyze designs
- Build, test and modify product prototypes
- Read and interpret data sheets
- Ability to run wiring (Ethernet, etc)
- Knowledge of power requirements(volts/amps/distance to wire gauge)
Need to be willing to travel occasionally to install experiences at one of our locations
Some excellent experience keywords we will be looking for are:
Arduino, ESP8266, Microcontroller, Autocad, C++, EscapeKeeper, Python, Raspberry Pi, Cura, Blender, Cosplay, Robotics, Haunted House, Interactive Display, WS2812, 3d Printing, CNC, Laser Cutting, Vacu-form, Animatronics, RC/Drone building, Kicad, PCB....
This is not primarily an IT / Networking position, but if you have some experience in this field, it is preferred.
We will offer some on-the-job training to get you familiar with our processes, however the ideal candidate will already have the skills they need to contribute to the role.
If this sounds like something you're interested in, but don't have passing knowledge of some job duties, we'd still love to hear from you. This is not a remote position. Our warehouse is located in Longwood, Florida. Working hours of operation are Monday through Friday 9-5, unless on travel.
Full Time
Wage is based on experience
Skills Required
- Design, build and install electronics into props and experiences
- Maintain and repair existing hardware and modify for gameplay updates
- Design and test circuits and other electronic components; read and interpret datasheets
- Integrate components, build/test/modify prototypes, iterate and track design versions
- Use CAD software to produce and analyze designs (e.g., AutoCAD)
- Ability to run wiring (Ethernet, etc.) and knowledge of power requirements (volts/amps/wire gauge)
- Willingness to travel occasionally to install experiences at company locations
- Experience with Arduino, ESP8266, microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi, C++, Python, WS2812, and PCB/ KiCad
- Experience with fabrication tools and workflows: 3D printing (Cura, Blender), CNC, laser cutting, vacu-form
- Experience with animatronics, robotics, interactive displays, RC/drone building, or similar maker skills
- Familiarity with EscapeKeeper or similar interactive experience control systems
What We Do
The Great Escape Room was one of the originators of the Escape Room craze that has swept the country. Opened in 2015 as a family venture, they created a new genre of entertainment that set the framework for thousands of innovative and creative artists to follow. The Great Escape Room is a real-life room escape game based on popular computer and mobile phone games. After entering a room with your team, the door is closed and you have entered into a new and immersive reality. Within a timeframe of 60-120 minutes (depending on the escape room), it is up to you and your teammates to work together to uncover a series of clues and solve challenging puzzles which will lead to your great escape. The owners’ dream was to create a three-dimensional experience in which participants could see, hear, and fully immerse themselves with clues and puzzles that have captivated people for many years. They also wanted to make sure teamwork was a big part of escaping their rooms. The family devised a clever series of puzzles that inspire lateral thinking, and most of all, a sense of fun and adventure. The Great Escape Room is an ideal experience for team-building events, birthday parties, a night on the town, or just an outing with the family. And the unique structure of the rooms is compatible with larger groups so nobody is ever left without anything to do. New ideas and rooms are in constant development as there is no limit to imagination.
