Job Posting Title: Production Engineering Intern - Summer 2026 (Open to Canadian
Citizens & PR only) Req ID: 10138551 Job Description: This role is considered
Hybrid, which means the employee will work 2-3 days onsite at a Company
designated location and occasionally from home. 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 Summary Production 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 more! Applications will close on January 12,
- What You Need to Know You must be a Canadian Citizen or hold Canadian
Permanent Resident status You must be attending an Undergraduate program from a
public Canadian post-secondary education institution, and returning to your
studies following the internship This is a paid 4-month internship, beginning
May 4, 2026 This role is considered Hybrid, which means you will work onsite at
our Vancouver studio and occasionally from home You will be required to work
full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm We do not provide
assistance for relocation, housing, transportation, or work authorization for
internships What You'll Do We 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 relighting Simulating natural phenomena,
rigid-body destruction, crowds and procedural animation Lighting, texturing,
look-development, and layered material definition Modelling, rigging, and
animation of bodies and faces, including soft-body dynamic simulation of cloth,
hair, and flesh Tools, 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 processes Develop tools and/or services for
one of our Production Engineering teams Work 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-solving What We’re Looking
For Pursuing 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 skills Proficiency in Linux as
well as a programming language like Python or C++ Passion for applying
technology to film and visual effects Ability to work autonomously and in team
settings with a positive, pro-active attitude Nice to have: Experience using
Maya, Houdini, Katana, Mari or other digital content creation applications.
Proven experience with machine learning, web frameworks, and/or data stores
Familiarity with industry-standard data formats like OpenEXR, OpenVDB, Alembic,
and USD Passion 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 production Appreciation 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 desired JoinILM The pay rate for this role in
Vancouver is C$30.00 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. Job Posting Segment: ILM Vancouver
Job Posting Primary Business: ILM Vancouver Primary Job Posting Category:
Animation and Visual Effects Intern Employment Type: Full time Primary City,
State, Region, Postal Code: Vancouver, BC, Canada Alternate City, State, Region,
Postal Code: Date Posted: 2025-12-11 Learn more about us.
