Production Engineering Intern

Résumé du poste: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) invites you to apply to our Production Engineering internship in Vancouver and contribute to the exciting world of visual effects (VFX). ILM strives to be an inclusive environment, embracing promising individuals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Our interns embody the innovative spirit, creative talent, collaborative mindset, and passion for great filmmaking that defines ILM. If you love art, technology, and sharing knowledge while learning from others, this is the environment for you.Position SummaryProduction Engineers build and maintain software used by other developers and artists within ILM, spanning domains such as our media creation pipeline, software building, deployment and monitoring, as well as artist-facing tooling in digital content creation software such as Maya, Nuke, and Katana.ILM’s Production Engineering group develops the ground-breaking technology that empowers our artists to create dazzling visuals. ILM’s innovations have won 38 Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. Today, we are 70+ visually-minded software engineers, working side-by-side with over a thousand digital artists in a fast-paced, intensely collaborative, creative film production environment, across studios in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Sydney, and Mumbai.This internship will give you the opportunity to familiarize yourself with a professional engineering environment, receive mentorship from leaders in the VFX industry, and contribute to real projects during your internship. This is a great opportunity to develop professional interpersonal skills as well as practical experience in this field.We welcome candidates with a passion for applying the latest machine learning technology to these challenges and moreApplications will close on January 12, 2026.What You Need to KnowYou must be a Canadian Citizen or hold Canadian Permanent Resident statusYou must be attending an Undergraduate program from a public Canadian post-secondary education institution, and returning to your studies following the internshipThis is a paid 4-month internship, beginning May 4, 2026This role is considered Hybrid, which means you will work onsite at our Vancouver studio and occasionally from homeYou will be required to work full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pmWe do not provide assistance for relocation, housing, transportation, or work authorization for internshipsWhat You'll DoWe seek interns to join one of our many Production Engineering teams and help us develop tools and production techniques across all areas of visual effects and feature animation production:Image processing, compositing, and rotoscoping, including depth estimation, image segmentation, generative in-painting, and plate relightingSimulating natural phenomena, rigid-body destruction, crowds and procedural animationLighting, texturing, look-development, and layered material definitionModelling, rigging, and animation of bodies and faces, including soft-body dynamic simulation of cloth, hair, and fleshTools, structures, and pipeline systems that define how artists assemble and manage massively complex 3D scenes, and user interfaces for authoring, validating, publishing, and tracking 3D and 2D data as it moves through a network of automated batch processesDevelop tools and/or services for one of our Production Engineering teamsWork with engineers across all of ILM’s studios, splitting time between long-term software development projects and day-to-day artist support, consultation, and problem-solvingWhat We’re Looking ForPursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field (candidates within one year of graduation are also welcome)Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal skillsProficiency in Linux as well as a programming language like Python or C++Passion for applying technology to film and visual effectsAbility to work autonomously and in team settings with a positive, pro-active attitudeNice to have: Experience using Maya, Houdini, Katana, Mari or other digital content creation applications.Proven experience with machine learning, web frameworks, and/or data storesFamiliarity with industry-standard data formats like OpenEXR, OpenVDB, Alembic, and USDPassion for designing artist-friendly interfaces using GUI toolkits: Qt, PySide, QML, etc. You don’t need to be a professional UX designer, but you should have a keen sense for how creative people use technology to work together in productionAppreciation of software development principles: object-oriented design, test-driven development, source code management, build and release processes Familiarity with film and video postproduction and/or computer graphics techniques is highly desiredJoinILMThe pay rate for this role in Vancouver is C$35.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.