Senior 3D Generalist, Product Visualization

Responsibilities

• Create photorealistic product renderings, illustrations, and animations for keynotes, product launches, marketing campaigns, web experiences, decks, manuals, and brand communications.
• Convert engineering and industrial-design CAD models into production-ready visualization assets in Blender.
• Prepare CAD-derived geometry through tessellation, topology cleanup, normal correction, mesh organization, material separation, UV creation, and scene optimization.
• Preserve the accuracy, construction, proportions, materials, and finish of Skydio hardware.
• Build physically based materials using Blender and Adobe Substance 3D Painter.
• Create studio-quality lighting and environmental or conceptual product scenes.
• Produce animations demonstrating assembly, operation, movement, workflows, features, and product interactions.
• Composite and finish rendered imagery in Adobe Photoshop, with occasional work in Adobe After Effects.
• Adapt assets for multiple formats, resolutions, aspect ratios, and campaign needs.
• Prepare optimized real-time 3D assets for interactive product viewers, web experiences, and augmented-reality applications.
• Export and validate glTF and GLB assets for three.js and related browser-based experiences.
• Optimize topology, UV layouts, texture atlases, baked maps, level-of-detail strategies, texture compression, polygon budgets, and material budgets.
• Maintain organized scenes, materials, textures, naming conventions, and reusable file structures.
• Collaborate with creative leadership and cross-functional partners while delivering polished work on compressed timelines.

Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating photorealistic visualization of consumer electronics, industrial products, automotive products, robotics, or other hard-surface products.
• Advanced proficiency in Blender, including modeling, scene organization, shading, lighting, rendering, and animation.
• Strong experience creating realistic hard-surface materials in Adobe Substance 3D Painter.
• Excellent command of product lighting, composition, color, materials, and visual storytelling.
• Experience converting engineering or industrial-design CAD data into clean, efficient, production-ready 3D assets.
• Understanding of CAD-to-DCC challenges, including dense tessellation, poor topology, shading artifacts, duplicate geometry, inconsistent normals, complex assemblies, and large datasets.
• Strong compositing and image-finishing skills in Adobe Photoshop.
• Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects for animation finishing, compositing, and motion-graphics integration.
• Ability to accurately match real-world materials and finishes, including plastics, coated metals, machined components, glass, optical surfaces, fabrics, and soft goods.
• Ability to balance physical accuracy with visual clarity for marketing and brand communication.
• Strong organizational skills and experience with shared production assets, versioning, naming standards, and structured file systems.
• Ability to receive direction, communicate progress, and respond constructively to feedback.

Nice-to-haves

• Photogrammetry capture and asset creation workflow experience.
• Familiarity with three.js or equivalent web-based 3D experiences.
• Experience creating real-time, interactive, or web-optimized 3D assets.
• Product animation or motion-work experience.

Portfolio Requirements

Please include examples demonstrating:

• Photorealistic hard-surface product rendering.
• Lighting and material development.
• CAD-derived product visualization.
• Product animation or motion work.
• Real-time, interactive, or web-optimized 3D assets, when available.
• Individual responsibilities on collaborative projects.

Compensation and Benefits

• Temporary independent contractor (1099) position with an initial three-month contract and potential extension.
• Hourly rate: $80.00–$90.00 per hour.
• Rate varies based on skill level, relevant experience, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and geographic location.
• Not eligible for company-sponsored benefits.
• Contractor is responsible for required insurance, benefits, and applicable federal, state, and local taxes.