Full-Time

Service Engineer

Posted on 8/18/2026

WET Design

WET Design

201-500 employees

Creates water-based immersive environments

Compensation Overview

$120k - $140k/yr

Sun Valley, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Remote

Limited, occasional travel is required, including potential international assignments.

Bachelor's, Associate's, Certification

Category
Electrical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Mechatronics
Computer Networking
PLC
Plumbing

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Requirements
  • At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in electrical, controls, automation, electromechanical repair, service engineering, manufacturing engineering, test engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • A formal technical qualification, apprenticeship, associate degree, bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Automation, Controls Engineering, or a similar field.
  • Strong hands-on troubleshooting experience with electrical power, industrial controls, automation equipment, and electromechanical systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to diagnose difficult or intermittent failures using a structured, methodical approach.
  • Experience with programmable logic controller-based systems, industrial control panels, input/output, sensors, instrumentation, motor controls, and variable-frequency drives.
  • Ability to read and interpret electrical, mechanical, and construction drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation.
  • Strong understanding of electrical safety practices, power distribution, circuit protection, grounding, lockout/tagout principles, and safe test procedures.
  • Experience using multimeters, insulation-resistance testers, oscilloscopes or other electronic test equipment, signal generators, laptop-based diagnostic tools, and related troubleshooting equipment.
  • Ability to document technical work clearly, accurately, and on time.
  • Fluent English communication skills, written and verbal.
  • A valid driver’s license and ability to travel occasionally, including limited domestic travel and potential international assignments.
  • Ability to lift at least 50 pounds and safely work with equipment, tools, and assemblies in a shop, warehouse, test area, or occasional field environment.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the in-house technical expert for Oarsman devices and other advanced proprietary WET equipment, controls, and assemblies.
  • Diagnose and repair complex equipment returned from field sites, including electrical, electronic, controls, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and water-system-related components as applicable.
  • Perform detailed failure analysis to identify root cause rather than simply replace failed components.
  • Troubleshoot electrical power distribution, protection systems, motor controls, variable-frequency drives, power supplies, transformers, relays, contactors, fuses, breakers, ground-fault circuit interrupter systems, emergency stops, and related control hardware.
  • Diagnose programmable logic controller-based control systems, input/output modules, sensors, instrumentation, communications networks, control panels, human-machine interfaces, and show-control-related electronics.
  • Repair, rebuild, calibrate, align, tune, and functionally test proprietary devices, assemblies, and control systems to defined performance standards.
  • Develop and execute bench-test procedures, acceptance tests, burn-in tests, and verification plans before equipment is returned to service.
  • Use laptop-based diagnostic tools and software to review faults, modify parameters, update firmware or software where authorized, validate human-machine interface functions, and confirm system performance.
  • Read, interpret, and use electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, mechanical drawings, plumbing diagrams, bills of materials, and technical specifications.
  • Identify recurring failure modes, design vulnerabilities, component obsolescence concerns, and opportunities for serviceability improvements.
  • Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to recommend design improvements, retrofit packages, repair standards, replacement parts, and preventive-maintenance actions.
  • Create repair records, troubleshooting guides, test reports, photographs, parts lists, and technical findings for the internal knowledge base.
  • Support field-service personnel remotely by providing advanced troubleshooting guidance for difficult equipment and controls issues.
  • Provide limited travel support for critical site repairs, commissioning, complex diagnostics, equipment installations, or training when specialized expertise is required.
  • Maintain an organized, safe, efficient service and repair work area, including tools, test equipment, spare parts, repairable inventory, and documentation.
  • Coordinate with suppliers and technical partners regarding specialized components, repairs, replacement parts, and obsolescence solutions.
  • Help establish best practices for incoming inspection, repair triage, testing, service documentation, and equipment release.
Desired Qualifications
  • Direct experience with WET Oarsman devices or comparable sophisticated kinetic, motion-control, water-feature, robotics, animation, or show-control equipment.
  • Experience repairing complex proprietary equipment in a depot, lab, factory, service center, or engineering environment.
  • Experience with pumps, valves, actuators, rotating equipment, water systems, plumbing, hydraulics, pneumatics, or process systems.
  • Familiarity with high-voltage induction or synchronous motors, motor-driven equipment, and rotating machinery.
  • Experience with industrial communications and networking, including Ethernet-based controls, serial communications, managed switches, remote input/output, or field devices.
  • Familiarity with human-machine interface configuration, control-system parameters, firmware management, and commissioning tools.
  • Experience conducting root-cause analysis, failure-mode analysis, corrective-action investigations, or reliability improvements.
  • Ability to fabricate, modify, rework, or improve electrical and mechanical assemblies as part of a repair solution.
  • Experience with engineering change processes, bills of materials, spare-parts strategies, repair instructions, or technical publications.

WET Design creates immersive environments that use water, light, movement, and other natural elements to create shared human experiences. The company collaborates with developers, architects, leaders, and visionaries to design, build, and maintain interactive installations that respond to their specific environment and community. Their team combines artists, physicists, architects, and choreographers to conceive projects from concept through lifetime maintenance, ensuring each installation is tailored to its location and audience. Unlike others who offer generic displays, WET focuses on context-driven, people-centered attractions that pull visitors in and draw attention to the space. The goal is to transform spaces into memorable experiences that connect people with their senses and with each other, creating lasting engagement and visibility for the project.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Founded

1983

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Dubai Fountain reopened October 1, 2025, restoring WET's flagship showcase.
  • The Mexico floating fountain suggests WET is extending beyond fixed-landscape installations.
  • Columbus CDDC selected WET for Scioto Mile Fountain, supporting municipal demand.

What critics are saying

  • Dubai Fountain closed April-October 2025; Emaar's 2026 phase two delays showcase dependence.
  • WET's website last updated January 29, 2025, signaling thin public momentum.
  • A project-customer concentration in landmark fountains makes revenue vulnerable to one-off capex cycles.

What makes WET Design unique

  • WET Design built Bellagio and Dubai Fountain, proving rare choreographed-water expertise.
  • Its patented robotic jets and synchronized light-music systems create hard-to-copy spectacle.
  • Mark Fuller says WET is building a floating Mexico fountain for tides.

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Company News

Dugan Meyers
Jul 23rd, 2024
Project Feature - Scioto Mile Fountain

Columbus Downtown Development Corporation (CDDC) selected WET Design as the fountain designer, who has designed many notable projects including the Dubai Fountain at the base of the Burj Khalifa and the Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas.