Post Engineer, Animation Series (Union 700)

Netflix Series Animation, LLC; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix Series Animation (NSA) is seeking a Post Production Engineer to provide frontline support for editors and assistants, triaging hardware, software, and network issues across Avid, Premiere, and Resolve. The role requires robust experience in post facilities, remote protocols, storage management, and color/audio calibration, with IATSE Local 700 union conditions.

You will help keep editorial bays running smoothly in a fast-paced Netflix production environment.

Qualifications

• This role is an IATSE Local 700 position and will be covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
• 5–7 years of work in post production engineering or technical support within a post production facility or studio environment.
• Experience with remote protocols and troubleshooting remote desktop (PCoIP and similar).
• Practical knowledge of VPN clients, end-user home network troubleshooting, and ACLs.
• Expertise in Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, Premiere, and related editing tools.
• ACSR certification preferred.
• Hardware knowledge: video codecs, displays, IP-based equipment, cabling.
• Avid Nexis storage, SMB, NFS, and complex permission trees.
• Cross-platform troubleshooting across MacOS, Windows, Linux; basic scripting.

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline, rapid-response support and engineering triage for editors and assistants with hardware, software, or connectivity issues.
• Experience with 2110 and NDI infrastructure and protocols.
• Maintain core post software: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve.
• Oversee daily operations and manage shared storage accessed by post systems.
• Configure workstations, routing, color calibration for editorial displays.
• Create system diagrams and workflow guides for editorial bays.
• Assist with ingest, rendering, and data transfers for post production.

Skills

Post production engineering

Troubleshooting

Networking

Color calibration

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Avid Media Composer

Adobe Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Avid Nexis storage

NFS/SMB permissions

VPN

Job description

Netflix Series Animation (NSA) is committed to creating content that makes a lasting impression on audiences and expands expectations of what is possible in storytelling.

We are paving the way for the bold future of animation by building a community of amazing artists and talent.

As a part of Netflix, NSA values innovation, collaboration, inclusion, representation, and ownership.

This is the new wave of animation — and you can help shape it!

The Post Production Engineers are frontline support providing engineering triage of daily operational post production related issues and maintains and supports the systems and shared storage platforms used by post production.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide frontline, rapid-response support and engineering triage for remote and local editors and assistant editors encountering hardware issues, software bugs, connectivity issues, or any performance latency issues.
• Experience with both 2110 and NDI infrastructure and protocols.
• Keep core post production software operational including Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve.
• Keep abreast of additional plugin software requirements for post production systems (i.e. BorisFX, Izotope, etc.).
• Oversee daily operations, troubleshoot, and maintain shared storage platforms directly accessed by Avid and Premiere editor and assistant editor systems.
• Manage storage pools and user access permissions specific to post production pipelines.
• Configure workstations, video and signal routing and flows, and color calibration for editorial displays.
• Create system diagrams and workflow guides as it pertains to the support of editorial bays.
• Assist with daily operational support for ingest, rendering, and data transfers as it relates to post production.

Requirements and Skills

• This role is an IATSE Local 700 position and will be covered by a collective bargaining agreement
• Experience: 5 to 7 years of work in post production engineering or technical support within a post production facility or studio environment.
• Proven experience with remote protocols, configuring and troubleshooting remote desktop (PCoIP and similar) hardware endpoints.
• Practical knowledge and experience with VPN clients, end-user home network troubleshooting, and ACLs.
• Software Knowledge: Expertise in Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools, Premiere, and related editing tools.
• ACSR certification is preferred.
• Hardware Skills: Understanding of video codecs, display monitors, IP-based equipment, and cabling.
• Expertise in Avid Nexis storage, SMB, NFS, and complex permission trees.
• Strong foundation and proficiency in cross platform troubleshooting, networking and remote protocols, OS environments (MacOS, WIndows, Linux), and basic knowledge of command-line scripting.
• Solid technical understanding of project management and systems requirements for Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere.
• Strong command of Color and Audio calibration and setup.
• Display calibration, HDR/SDR color pipelines, audio setups.
• Problem Solving: Strong communication skills to help fast-paced creative teams avoid technical downtime.
• Preferred Qualifications Animation post production workflow and pipeline support: experience with Blender, Maya, and animatic process and workflows, render farm troubleshooting (i.e. Deadline).
• Avid ACSR certification or IT network infrastructure experience.
• Basic knowledge of automation scripts (Python, Bash, etc.).

Pay for the position is governed by the currently effective applicable collective bargaining agreement and thus will be no less than $3,735.80 per week and up to any better conditions and terms negotiated and obtained as expressly provided therein.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams.

We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

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