Careers
Careers at Sense/Net
We make recordings from inside other people’s working lives. The people who make them are capture technicians, editors, engineers, lawyers, archivists and one person who can bake a cassette back to life.
Open roles 9
Haptics Engineer, Field Suit
Own the pressure model that turns 212 sensor channels into what a viewer feels through a haptic garment.
- Reference
- SN-26-097
- Pay
- $148,000 to $176,000
- Posted
What you will do
- Own the pressure model from the Field Suit’s 212 channels to a garment’s 64 actuators.
- Work with performers to check that playback feels like what they felt.
- Keep the comfort reports for Strong-rated titles falling.
What we are looking for
- Five years in haptics, robotics or wearables.
- Signal processing in C++ or Rust.
- Patience with people who cannot describe what is wrong.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-097 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Reading Room Assistant
Welcome researchers, fetch material up from the deep store and keep the reading room’s playback equipment working.
- Reference
- SN-26-104
- Pay
- $19.40 to $22.10 an hour
- Posted
What you will do
- Welcome researchers and look after them while they work.
- Request material from the deep store and return it the same day.
- Keep the listening booths and Fullfield carrels in working order.
What we are looking for
- Experience in a library, archive or museum.
- Comfort with old equipment and new software.
- A willingness to ride the cage when the deep store is short-handed.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-104 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Capture Technician
Fit, calibrate and look after FH-3 headpieces and Field Suits on set, and stop a take when the performer asks.
- Reference
- SN-26-109
- Pay
- $31.75 to $38.20 an hour
- Posted
What you will do
- Fit, calibrate and maintain FH-3 headpieces and Field Suits on set.
- Watch the performer, not the monitor, and stop the take when they ask.
- Log every take, stop and fault.
What we are looking for
- Two years as a camera, sound or video assist technician.
- Long days on your feet, nights and some travel.
- A steady temperament.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-109 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Associate Counsel, Business Affairs
Draft and negotiate performer agreements, location releases and technology licences, including licences of third-party reference material.
- Reference
- SN-26-111
- Pay
- $172,000 to $214,000
- Posted
What you will do
- Draft and negotiate performer agreements, location agreements and releases.
- Negotiate technology licences, including licences of third-party reference material for production tools.
- Advise productions on the Consent Standard.
What we are looking for
- Four or more years of transactional practice in media or technology.
- Admission to the State Bar of California.
- Care with definitions.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-111 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Senior Editor, Fullfield Post
Cut long-form Fullfield titles across all six tracks, and sit with performers when they review their final cut.
- Reference
- SN-26-113
- Pay
- $118,000 to $139,000
- Posted
What you will do
- Cut long-form titles across all six tracks.
- Sit with performers in the review carrel and make the changes they ask for.
- Prepare original cuts and adaptive editions for release.
What we are looking for
- Eight years editing long-form picture, three of them in immersive formats.
- Experience with multitrack timelines.
- Tact.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-113 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Data Engineer, Fullfield Ambient
Build the pipelines that bring reference material into Ambient’s training environment, from ingest and checks to blurring and retention.
- Reference
- SN-26-115
- Pay
- $161,000 to $192,000
- Posted
What you will do
- Build and run the pipelines that bring reference material into Ambient’s training environment.
- Write the ingest checks: format, metadata, place class, bystander counts and flags.
- Run blurring and retention so that no reference frame leaves the training environment unblurred.
What we are looking for
- Five years building data pipelines at the scale of tens of millions of images a month.
- Experience with licensed third-party image datasets delivered with per-frame metadata.
- Discretion; reference material and its sources are confidential.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-115 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Performer Relations Coordinator
Schedule consent sessions and review carrels, and be the first person a performer calls.
- Reference
- SN-26-118
- Pay
- $68,000 to $79,000
- Posted
What you will do
- Schedule consent sessions, fittings and review carrels.
- Prepare the written statement every performer receives before they audition.
- Be the first person a performer calls, and call them back.
What we are looking for
- Two years in casting, talent relations or production coordination.
- Spanish is a plus.
- Kindness under pressure.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-118 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Trust and Safety Analyst
Investigate recognition requests, playback reports and withdrawals, and help write the transparency report.
- Reference
- SN-26-120
- Pay
- $97,000 to $114,000
- Posted
What you will do
- Investigate recognition requests against the register of released participants.
- Read and sort playback comfort reports and legal requests.
- Help write the annual transparency report.
What we are looking for
- Three years in trust and safety, investigations or research.
- Comfort with data and with people who are upset.
- Good judgment about what not to say.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-120 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Tape Transfer Engineer
Run the six restored cassette transports digitizing the company’s first decade, and keep notes on every tape that fights back.
- Reference
- SN-26-121
- Pay
- $64,000 to $76,000
- Posted
What you will do
- Run the six restored cassette transports digitizing the company’s first decade.
- Clean, bake and repair tapes, and record every intervention.
- Train two apprentices.
What we are looking for
- Experience transferring analog audio tape.
- Steady hands and a good ear.
- Willingness to relocate to central Kansas; relocation is paid.
To apply, write to careers@sensenetstudios.com with the reference SN-26-121 in the subject line, a résumé and a letter. Applications close at 5 p.m. Pacific on the closing date.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision cover for you and your dependents, 90% paid by the company.
- The employee share plan, open to everyone after a year.
- Twenty days’ paid vacation, plus the week between Christmas and New Year, when the stages and the reading room close.
- Sixteen weeks’ paid parental leave.
- A 401(k) with a 5% match.
- Free Fullfield certified headset and garment, and every title.
How we hire
Every application is read by someone on the hiring team. If we would like to talk, we will invite you to two interviews: one with the team, and one with someone from elsewhere in the company. Roles on set include a paid trial day. We never ask candidates to pay for anything, and we never interview by text message.
Sense/Net is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles fair chance ordinance and California law. Pay ranges are the base salary or hourly rate we expect to offer; where in the range depends on experience.