Senior 3D Generalist, Product Visualization (Contract)
$166,400–$187,200 year
HybridSan Mateo, California, United States
San Mateo, California, United StatesHybridFull Time$166,400–$187,200 yearSenior LevelMedium
Full TimeSenior LevelMedium
Job Summary
Create photorealistic product renderings, animations, and interactive 3D assets for keynotes, launches, and web experiences. Convert engineering CAD models into production-ready visualization assets in Blender, handling geometry cleanup, material separation, UV creation, and scene optimization. Build physically based materials in Substance 3D Painter and composite final imagery in Photoshop, adapting assets for real-time web and augmented-reality applications. Deliver polished work on compressed timelines while maintaining organized file structures for the creative team.
Required Qualifications
- Work Authorization: We welcome every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in The United States to apply. However, at this time, Skydio does not currently offer employment-based work permits or visa sponsorship for this role.
- Location: U.S. Remote or hybrid/onsite at our HQ in San Mateo, California.
- Employment Type: Full-time, 3-month contract.
- A portfolio demonstrating exceptional 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.
- A strong understanding of common 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 match real-world product materials and finishes accurately, including plastics, coated metals, machined components, glass, optical surfaces, fabrics, and soft goods.
- Experience balancing physical accuracy with the visual clarity required for marketing and brand communication.
- Ability to work efficiently across multiple deliverable types while maintaining a consistently high level of craft.
- Strong organizational skills and experience working with shared production assets, versioning, naming standards, and structured file systems.
- Ability to receive direction from creative leadership, communicate progress clearly, and respond constructively to feedback.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and deadline-driven launch work.
- three.js familiarity or equivalent web-based 3D experience
- Photogrammetry capture and asset creation workflows
- glTF and GLB asset workflows
Desired Qualifications
- Portfolio or reel demonstrating: Photorealistic hard-surface product rendering
- Portfolio or reel demonstrating: Lighting and material-development skills
- Portfolio or reel demonstrating: CAD-derived product visualization
- Portfolio or reel demonstrating: Product animation or motion work
- Portfolio or reel demonstrating: Examples of real-time, interactive, or web-optimized 3D assets, when available
- Portfolio or reel demonstrating: A brief description of your individual responsibilities for collaborative projects
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