Skydio
Senior 3D Generalist, Product Visualization (Contract)
San Mateo, California, United States · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$80k-$90kDetected 33 days ago
PhotoshopAdobe Creative SuiteAfter EffectsMotion DesignRoboticsBlenderLeadershipPublic SpeakingOrganizational Skills
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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role75
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- Skydio is looking for a highly skilled Senior 3D Generalist to join our Brand Creative team for a full-time, three-month contract.
- This is a hands-on production role for someone who can take projects from prepared product CAD through final, polished visual deliverables.
Responsibilities
- Create highly photorealistic product renderings, illustrations, and animations for keynote presentations, product launches, marketing campaigns, web experiences, decks, manuals, and other brand communications.
- Work from engineering and industrial-design CAD models to create production-ready visualization assets in Blender.
- Build realistic, physically based materials using Blender and Adobe Substance 3D Painter.
- Create studio-quality lighting that accurately communicates product form, surface finish, scale, and industrial-design details.
- Create product animations that demonstrate assembly, operation, movement, workflows, features, and product interactions.
- Export and validate assets in formats such as glTF and GLB for implementation in three.js and related browser-based experiences.
- Optimize real-time assets through efficient topology, UV layouts, texture atlases, baked maps, level-of-detail strategies, texture compression, and thoughtful polygon and material budgets.
- Maintain organized scenes, materials, textures, naming conventions, and file structures that can be shared and reused across the broader creative team.
- At Skydio we believe that diversity drives innovation.
- We have created a multidisciplinary environment that embraces the power of diverse perspectives to create elegant solutions for complex problems.
Compensation
- The hourly rate range for this contract is $80.00-$90.00* per hour and will vary based on factors including skill level, relevant experience, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and geographic location.
- Compensation for certain positions may vary based on location.
Benefits
- This position is not eligible for company-sponsored benefits.
Company info
- Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility.
- The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors https://www.skydio.com/solutions/energy-and-utilities to first responders https://www.skydio.com/solutions/public-safety, soldiers in battlefield scenarios https://www.skydio.com/solutions/national-security/tactical-isr, and beyond https://www.skydio.com/solutions.
Visa & Work Authorization
- However, at this time, Skydio does not currently offer employment-based work permits or visa sponsorship for this role.
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