Virtual Production Engineer - Atlanta
Located on the historic Tyler Perry Studios campus, this role is part of a strategic, multi-year collaboration between Synapse Virtual Production and Tyler Perry Studios, bringing world-class technology and production expertise together to support filmmakers, studios, brands, and creators.
About the role
The Systems Engineer owns the health, reliability, maintenance, and ongoing evolution of the technical infrastructure that powers our Atlanta virtual production studio. Reporting to the Executive Producer, the Systems Engineer partners closely with the Technical Stage Manager, VP Supervisor, and VP Operator to maintain a stable, high-performing technical foundation while continuously improving the stage's capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Own the health and reliability of LED, render, sync, networking, and control systems
- Lead preventative maintenance and build routines that reduce avoidable failures
- Troubleshoot infrastructure-level issues across networking, synchronization, routing, and connectivity
- Support the engineering side of the LED volume ecosystem and contribute to upgrades and performance optimization
- Build and maintain clear engineering documentation, diagrams, and configuration records
- Partner across stage, VP workflow, and runtime execution lanes to route and resolve technical issues appropriately
Requirements
The ideal candidate brings strong experience in systems engineering, broadcast engineering, or stage systems support, deep knowledge of networking, sync, and control systems in a production environment, and strong troubleshooting and documentation discipline. Experience with LED volume support, render and control environments, and virtual production ecosystems is strongly preferred.
Pay
$100,000 - $110,000