Animatronics Assembly Technician

Role Introduction

We’re looking for an Animatronics Fabricator / Assembly Technician to join Creature Technology Company in a hands-on specialist role focused on detailed animatronic mechanisms, precision assembly, and prototype builds. You’ll help manufacture, assemble, and integrate the small-scale systems that bring our creatures to life — including facial mechanisms, eyes, eyelids, mouth assemblies, and other components where movement, fit, and visual realism matter.

This role is well suited to someone who enjoys careful, detailed build work and understands that the smallest mechanical choices can affect how believable a creature feels.

About Creature Technology

Creature Technology Company (CTC) are award winning global leaders in creating awe inspiring creatures that captivate visitors at some of the world’s most exciting visitor attractions and theatre productions. We are an all-in-one design, engineering, and fabrication studio. Combining creativity, artistry, and cutting-edge technology to bring animatronic characters to life.

A little about the role and why it matters

Our creatures need to do more than move; they need to look, feel, and behave as if they’re alive. This role is about the fine details that make that possible: the way an eye tracks, an eyelid closes, a mouth moves, or a small mechanism changes the expression of a character. You’ll work at the intersection of fine mechanical assembly, model making, animatronics, practical effects, and visual judgement, helping turn creative intent into functional, reliable, and believable creature performance.

What you’ll do

• Create, assemble, and refine detailed animatronic mechanisms that help give our creatures movement, expression, and character.
• Build and install facial systems including eyes, eyelids, lips, nostrils, brows, cheek mechanisms, and other small-scale moving components.
• Fit and align mouth pallets, teeth, tongue assemblies, and related facial mechanisms so movement is smooth, durable, and visually believable.
• Experiment with fit, motion, clearances, and fine adjustments to help each mechanism perform reliably and look right on the finished creature.
• Assist with the integration and testing of facial mechanisms within animatronic heads, identifying and resolving quality or performance issues before handover.
• Manufacture animatronic eyes using processes such as resin casting, vacforming, surface finishing, and detailed hand painting.
• Support sculptural interfaces, ensuring mechanical and sculptural components fit accurately and are robust enough for assembly.
• Experiment with prototypes, maquettes, and 3D-printed components to support design development, testing, and client review.
• Produce and assemble small animatronic systems and subassemblies from drawings, sketches, prototypes, and documented instructions, using hand tools, workshop machinery, 3D printers, and assembly equipment safely and accurately.
• Troubleshoot fitment, tolerance, and motion issues during build and testing, adjusting details where needed to improve function and realism.
• Contribute practical feedback to improve designs, tooling, build methods, and assembly processes.

You could be the one if you…

• Have demonstrated experience building animatronics, robotic systems, precision mechanical assemblies, models, props, practical effects, or similar detailed hands-on work.
• Bring strong hands-on skills in fine mechanical assembly, small mechanisms, and precision components.
• Can interpret drawings, prototypes, sketches, instructions, and visual references, then translate them into accurate and repeatable builds.
• Are comfortable using hand tools, workshop machinery, 3D printers, and practical assembly tools.
• Have strong attention to detail and a disciplined approach to quality, finish, and repeatability.
• Enjoy solving practical fitment, tolerance, and movement problems during build and testing.
• Appreciate both technical performance and aesthetic outcome; especially where small details affect expression, realism, or movement.
• Have a genuine interest in creating physical things that move, perform, and feel believable, particularly within entertainment, animatronics, practical effects, robotics, model making, or creature work.
• Can work full-time onsite at our Port Melbourne office / workshop.
• Have full unrestricted Australian working rights.

Nice to have

• Experience in animatronics, robotics, entertainment, theme parks, attractions, museums, film, live shows, special effects, model making, prop making, practical effects, creature effects, or similar creative technical environments.
• Experience with resin casting, vacforming, surface finishing, or hand painting, particularly for detailed components such as eyes.
• Machining experience or confidence producing simple components for small assemblies.
• Experience supporting sculptural interfaces, prototype builds, maquettes, or client-review models.
• Experience improving tooling, assembly methods, build processes, or workshop practices.
• Relevant trade, technical, or practical training in fabrication, model making, mechanical assembly, animatronics, robotics, sculpture, industrial design, or a related discipline.

What we offer

• A friendly, human work environment and a culture of creatively minded, hardworking people who care deeply about their craft and the work they do.
• Opportunities to continually learn, grow, and develop your skills alongside a widely experienced, cross disciplinary team.
• Ways of working that genuinely support work life balance.

We want you to love your work and your life outside of CTC. Your wellbeing matters to us. We provide access to a holistic assistance program supporting many areas of life and health, as well as an onsite gym.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)

We care about the planet, and the people that live on it. We value inclusivity and belonging at CTC; only with a diverse and inclusive team that feels a genuine sense of belonging will we reach our vision.

DEIB is a pillar of every project and initiative we work on. Our core values encourage us to show unwavering respect, keep an open mind and stay curious, and act with integrity and care in every aspect of our work. We welcome you to join our team regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age, or lived experience.

Research shows candidates from neurodiverse and underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for roles if they meet all listed criteria. We hire based on experience and passion, so if this role interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. You’re also welcome to share your pronouns at any point.