Synapse Virtual Production at Tyler Perry Studios
Full Time Staff
$100,000 - $110,000
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The Systems Engineer owns the health, reliability, maintenance, and ongoing evolution of the technical infrastructure that powers our Atlanta virtual production studio. Located on the historic Tyler Perry Studios campus, the stage 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.
This role is responsible for the engineering backbone of the stage—ensuring the systems, networks, hardware, and infrastructure that power our virtual production environment operate reliably, efficiently, and at peak performance. 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.
Key responsibilities include:
• Owning the health and reliability of LED, render, sync, networking, and control systems
• Leading preventative maintenance and building routines that reduce avoidable failures
• Troubleshooting infrastructure-level issues across networking, synchronization, routing, and connectivity
• Supporting the engineering side of the LED volume ecosystem and contributing to upgrades and performance optimization
• Building and maintaining clear engineering documentation, diagrams, and configuration records
• Partnering across stage, VP workflow, and runtime execution lanes to route and resolve technical issues appropriately
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.
Skills Required
- Strong experience in systems engineering, broadcast engineering, or stage systems support
- Deep knowledge of networking, synchronization, and control systems in a production environment
- Strong troubleshooting skills for infrastructure-level issues (networking, sync, routing, connectivity)
- Experience building and maintaining engineering documentation, diagrams, and configuration records
- Experience leading preventative maintenance and routines to reduce failures
- Experience with LED volume support, render and control environments, and virtual production ecosystems
What We Do
Synapse is a Virtual Production one-stop partner comprised of filmmakers and award-winning industry leaders, including directors, cinematographers, producers, designers, engineers, VFX artists and technicians. Synapse’s mission is to truly empower filmmakers, studios, networks, and agencies to enhance the audience’s experience, while innovating the ‘how’ at every turn. We strive to deliver a supportive partnership through an all-encompassing holistic approach based on a foundation of education.
