Volumetric/Photogrammetry/Gaussian-Splat Capture Engineer

VectorField is a co-operative, cloud-native digital content creation platform that treats every production task as a data-generating tensor. Our "Bits2Effect" feedback loop turns high-fidelity capture work into both usable assets and structured training data for AI.

You will design, implement, and operate end-to-end capture pipelines that ingest raw sensor data (high-speed multi-camera rigs, LiDAR, depth, hyperspectral, and Gaussian-splat arrays) and output performance-capture digital doubles, physically accurate digital twins, and large-scale environment representations.

Core Responsibilities

• Capture System Engineering: Specify, assemble, and calibrate multi-camera rigs (≥ 12 × 8K @ 120 fps) and synchronized LiDAR/IR sensors
• Optics & Calibration: Perform radiometric, geometric, and chromatic-aberration calibration; generate per-lens distortion models
• Software & Pipeline Development: Extend the Production-Pipeline Engine with new "Capture-Ingest" stages; write Python/FastAPI micro-services for Photogrammetry and Gaussian-Splat reconstruction
• Data Quality & Validation: Define quantitative QA metrics (point-cloud density ≥ 2M points/m², reprojection error ≤ 0.5 px)
• Ledger & Compensation Integration: Record each capture session as a Work-Segment on the Hyperledger ledger
• Security & Ops: Follow IL5/IL6/SECRET AWS GovCloud hardening guidelines

Required Qualifications

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen (required for classified GovCloud work)
• Education: B.S. or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Photogrammetry, or Optical Engineering
• Experience: 5+ years designing high-end capture rigs (film/VR/defense)
• Proven track record with volumetric performance capture (4-D body capture, facial capture)
• Deep familiarity with photogrammetry pipelines (Agisoft Metashape, RealityCapture, COLMAP)
• Hands-on experience building Gaussian-splat or neural-graphics pipelines (PlenOctrees, Instant-NGP)
• Programming: Python (NumPy, OpenCV, PyTorch), TypeScript/Node.js, Go (optional)
• Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC), Terraform/OpenTofu basics
• Security Clearance: Ability to obtain Secret clearance within 6 months

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $130k – $165k USD, commensurate with experience and clearance level
• Equity / NNV Participation: Automatic issuance of Novel Net Value tokens for each captured work segment
• Full medical/dental/vision, 401(k) match
• 4 weeks PTO + 10 days paid holidays; flexible remote schedule
• Access to classified environments; all travel covered per DoD policy