Hageneering designs, fabricates, tests and installs one-of-a-kind machines for theme parks, aerospace and defense. One PE-led team from first sketch to final commissioning, anywhere in the world.
Show action doors in build, Abu Dhabi, 2017
Every market we serve shares one rule: the machine has to work the first time and keep working.
Show action, special effects, animated props and doors that run every day over thousands of guests.
Theme park work
Ground support equipment, integration stands, test stands and production automation for launch and satellite programs.
Aerospace work
Launcher control systems, test rigs, fixtures and controls built by a US team that understands controlled programs.
Defense workSwipe for more industries
A moving stingray and a full sail that collapses every day to fit the storage hangar.
Rotating arms carrying orbs about 5 m above guests, built for a demanding climate far from home.
Animated props on 12 m tall rotating structures for the Waterworld land.
The same four stages on every job, with a design review and a sign-off between each one.
Concept, preliminary and critical design reviews, with calculations to your governing standard.
In-house welding and assembly backed by vetted CNC, sheet metal and coating partners.
Factory acceptance testing against a written test plan before anything ships.
Our engineers commission on site, train your operators and hand over full documentation.
Redundant retention on overhead elements, documented safety factors and design reviews at every phase.
The people who design your machine also weld, wire, assemble and install it. Nothing gets lost between the drawing and the floor.
You talk to the engineer doing the work, not an account manager.
Parks, creative studios, launch companies and manufacturers on four continents.
"Great engineer with an eye for quality designs and a passion for mechanisms. Highly recommended!"
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
Most custom machine projects fail in the gaps: between the designer and the fabricator, the fabricator and the controls integrator, the integrator and the site crew. We close those gaps by owning the whole chain with one team.
SolidWorks design of mechanisms, drives, structures and enclosures, taken through concept, preliminary and critical design reviews.
Hand calcs and FEA with documented load factors, mass growth and safety margins. We design to your governing standard, whether that is a theme park overhead safety spec, NASA GSE practice or ASCE 7.
Electrical schematics, PLC and motion control, PID tuning, sensors and control panels, built and wired in house.
Hydraulic power units, cylinders, accumulators, vacuum and high-pressure pneumatic test systems.
A dedicated FCAW cell for structural steel and AC/DC TIG for aluminum, with written WPS and qualified welders.
Vetted partners for CNC machining, sheet metal, large weldments and specialty coatings.
Full assembly in our Torrance shop and factory acceptance testing against a written test plan before shipping.
Our engineers and technicians install, commission, program and train operators on site, in the US and abroad.
Calculation packages, drawings, test reports, quality inspection reports, and operations and maintenance manuals.
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
Guests see magic. We see a duty cycle, an overhead load and a maintenance window. We engineer and install show doors, animated props, effects, interactive games and moving parade elements, often as the mechanical and SAE partner to leading creative studios.
Every overhead element gets a primary structure and a redundant secondary retention, with a minimum 5:1 factor on the arrest load. Designs follow the owner's standard, such as Disney and Universal overhead and float specifications. Welders are qualified to AWS D1.1. We train your operators and leave full documentation behind.
Agencies and scenic studios bring the story. We make it move, safely and on schedule, and we're comfortable working inside a multi-contractor site.
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
When a 19,000 kg payload sits on your stand, the margins have to be real. We design and build integration stands, test stands, lifting fixtures and production automation for launch, satellite and advanced manufacturing programs, with a PE-reviewed calculation package behind every load path.
Rated payload with its CG 1,900 mm above the satellite interface plane, per the SpaceX Falcon Payload User's Guide. Indoors, with no floor anchors allowed.
| Standard | Where we use it |
|---|---|
| NASA GSE practice | Load factors, proof testing and documentation for ground support equipment |
| Range safety requirements | GSE used at launch and range facilities |
| ASCE 7 | Tipping stability and seismic checks for stands and structures |
| AWS D1.1 / D1.2 | Structural steel and aluminum welding |
| Your program requirements | Always the governing document when it is stricter |
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
We support defense programs with launcher systems integration, hydraulics, controls, test rigs and field support. We handle controlled technical data accordingly, and our engineers stay on site through integration until the system works.
Built for harsh environments, remote operation and long standby, with redundancy designed in so the system still responds the moment it is called.
Our capability statement lists our registrations, codes and past performance in one page. Ask for a copy and we'll send it the same day.
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
A selection of machines we've engineered, built and installed. Each one started with a problem nobody had solved off the shelf.
Giant figures brought to life on a multi-contractor site
CG 1,900 mm above the satellite interface plane, no anchors
Multiple serial-numbered machines, improved between builds
A working rig redesigned for build and service
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
Every Hageneering machine ships with the paper trail to prove it is safe: calculations, inspection records, weld certifications and test results. Our engineers build that record as the design progresses, not after.
Concept, preliminary and critical design reviews, each with its own calculation revision.
Loads carry a design-phase factor on top of the material safety factor, so early estimates never look better than they are.
A non-redundant overhead element under cyclic load is not allowed in our designs.
We design to the client's specification, whether a theme park overhead safety standard, NASA GSE practice, range safety requirements or ASCE 7.
The less we know, the more margin we carry. The factor drops only as the model gets more accurate.
| Phase | Model | Factor |
|---|---|---|
| Concept | Hand calculation, major assumptions | 3.0 |
| Preliminary | CAD model, minor assumptions | 2.0 |
| Detailed | Accurate CAD, conservative assumptions | 1.0 |
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
Erik Hagen founded Hageneering in 2013 in Torrance, California, on a simple idea: the best custom machines come from engineers who also build them.
Over a decade later, our team of engineers and technicians has delivered more than 50 projects in over 10 countries, from parade floats in Florida to show mechanisms in the Middle East and ground support equipment for launch programs on the California coast.
We stay small on purpose. Every project has an engineer who owns it from the first sketch to the last bolt torqued on site. Clients talk directly to the people doing the work, and nothing gets lost in a handoff.
Licensed Professional Engineer leading engineering, business development and client delivery. Still the first call when a mechanism gets hard.
We open our shop to local kids for hands-on sessions in CAD, 3D printing and real machine shop tools. Somewhere in that room is a future engineer who just needed to hold a part they designed.
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
At Hageneering you won't be stuck on one slice of a project. In one week you might model a mechanism, run the calcs, weld a frame and help commission a machine overseas.
Five positions open now. Tap a role to read the full posting.
Design custom machines from first sketch to on-site commissioning, with calcs to back every load path.
You will own mechanical design on real projects: show mechanisms over theme park guests, ground support equipment for launch programs, test stands and production tooling. You will design it, prove it with calculations, watch it get built in our shop, and help install it.
To apply, email your resume and a short note to careers@hageneering.com with "Mechanical Engineer" in the subject line. Some programs require U.S. person status under ITAR.
Make our machines move: schematics, PLC and motion control, panels and commissioning.
You will own the electrical and controls side of our machines, from the first schematic to the final tuning on site. Our systems include show-controlled theme park effects, hydraulic motion control and launcher control systems built for harsh environments and remote operation.
To apply, email your resume and a short note to careers@hageneering.com with "Controls Engineer" in the subject line. Some programs require U.S. person status under ITAR.
Weld the steel and aluminum frames our machines are built on, to written procedures.
You will fit and weld structural frames, weldments and brackets in our two welding cells. Much of what we build carries load over people or flight hardware, so quality and traceability matter on every bead.
To apply, email your resume and a short note to careers@hageneering.com with "Welding Technician" in the subject line. Some programs require U.S. person status under ITAR.
Build and test our machines in the shop, then help install them on site.
You will turn drawings and parts into working machines: bolting, aligning, plumbing and adjusting until everything runs right. Then you will help test it, pack it and install it at the client site.
To apply, email your resume and a short note to careers@hageneering.com with "Assembly Technician" in the subject line. Some programs require U.S. person status under ITAR.
Build control panels and wire our machines to the schematic, then help bring them to life.
You will build and wire control panels, run field wiring on our machines, and help the controls engineer test and commission them in the shop and on site.
To apply, email your resume and a short note to careers@hageneering.com with "Electrical Technician" in the subject line. Some programs require U.S. person status under ITAR.
Send us a sketch, a spec or just the problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team.
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