Senior 3D Generalist, Product Visualization (Contract)

Skydio
San Mateo
Workplace: HybridContractUSD 80 - 90 hourlyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Organizational skills","Ability to receive direction","Clear progress communication","Responsive to feedback","Working efficiently under deadlines"]

Create photorealistic product renderings, illustrations, and animations for brand and product launches, working from CAD models to deliver production-ready visualization assets. Build physically accurate materials, set studio-quality lighting, and composite final imagery for keynote and marketing needs. Prepare optimized real-time 3D assets (glTF/GLB) for interactive web viewers and AR experiences, while maintaining clean scene organization and meeting tight launch timelines.

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Skydio
Skydio
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Senior 3D Generalist, Product Visualization (Contract)

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Job Summary

Create photorealistic product renderings, illustrations, and animations for brand and product launches, working from CAD models to deliver production-ready visualization assets. Build physically accurate materials, set studio-quality lighting, and composite final imagery for keynote and marketing needs. Prepare optimized real-time 3D assets (glTF/GLB) for interactive web viewers and AR experiences, while maintaining clean scene organization and meeting tight launch timelines.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract · Permanent
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Create photorealistic product renderings, illustrations, and animations for keynote presentations, product launches, marketing campaigns, web experiences, and brand communications.
  • •Work from engineering/industrial-design CAD models to produce production-ready visualization assets in Blender.
  • •Prepare and optimize complex CAD-derived geometry (tessellation, topology cleanup, normal correction, UVs, materials, and scene optimization) while preserving product accuracy and fit/finish.
  • •Build physically based materials, create studio-quality lighting, and composite/finish rendered imagery in Photoshop (with occasional After Effects work).
  • •Export, validate, and optimize real-time 3D assets for interactive product viewers and browser-based experiences using glTF/GLB for three.js and related workflows.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 80 - 90 hourly

Key Requirements

  • •Portfolio demonstrating exceptional photorealistic visualization of hard-surface products (e.g., consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, robotics).
  • •Advanced proficiency in Blender (modeling, scene organization, shading, lighting, rendering, and animation).
  • •Strong experience creating realistic hard-surface materials in Adobe Substance 3D Painter.
  • •Ability to convert engineering/industrial-design CAD data into clean, efficient, production-ready 3D assets and handle CAD-to-DCC challenges (topology, normals, tessellation, assemblies).
  • •Strong compositing and image-finishing skills in Adobe Photoshop, with working knowledge of Adobe After Effects for animation finishing and motion-graphics integration.
Skills:Organizational skillsAbility to receive directionClear progress communicationResponsive to feedbackWorking efficiently under deadlines
Tech Stack:BlenderAdobe Substance 3D PainterAdobe PhotoshopAdobe After EffectsAdobe Creative CloudGlTFGLBThree.jsPhotogrammetryReal-time 3DAugmented reality

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Skydio
Designs and manufactures autonomous consumer and enterprise drones using AI-powered vision and navigation systems for inspection, mapping, public safety, and industrial applications. Focuses on rugged, fully autonomous flight and end-to-end drone solutions.
Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2014
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