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It's an exciting time at eMotimo. In early 2018, we transitioned from a San Francisco Bay Area company to a San Diego company. If you know Top Gun, Miramar is basically our backyard. We are parked in a wonderful industrial area with manufacturing sources and support all around us.
The move left us with great space and a wide-open field for transitioning our business. eMotimo was a boutique motion control provider known in the industry for making high-quality, high-value timelapse rigs for pros and hobbyists. For our first 3 versions of products and accessories, 80% of what we did was timelapse, with 20% focused on video production for products/food/fashion. eMotimo as a timelapse company was accurate for our first 4 years, and the branding and reputation stuck.
We released our completely new flagship product, the spectrum ST4 and won a 2017 Red Dot Design award for it. The capability for the spectrum to shoot live, with heavier cameras, in completely quiet settings, was still an industry secret. It was clear that we were being held back by the accessories we integrated with. The sliders were the same ones that supported our timelapse users. They were lightweight, easy to pack, and strong-enough to support heavy DSLR rigs, but didn't hold up with heavier weight cameras.
In 2017, we moved towards heavier slider setups and partnered with Dana Dolly, the leader in the speed rail space. We created a kit that was purpose-built for interviews, tabletop shooting, VFX, and timelapse. The kit launched late last year and is getting good traction in the space, with adoption from high-end users.
Moving forward, eMotimo's best ideas are still on paper and in our heads. We need help to bring them to the world faster! We are looking for motivated and smart individuals to roll up their sleeves and continue to push the motion control industry forward with new accessory kits, new heads, and new interfaces.
eMotimo moves fast and breaks rules. We are a thorn in the side of larger companies that would rather rely on stale brands and designs. Do you thrive in an unstructured environment? Do you have a passion for making things and making your mark in this world? Maybe eMotimo is right for you.
Open positions are listed below. Send a cover letter and resume to jobs@emotimo.com
Operations Engineer
Location: San Diego, CA (Mira Mesa)
eMotimo is looking for an engineer, or engineer-type, to help run operations in our San Diego office. This role is crucial for keeping eMotimo running smoothly. It touches on Design, Product Planning, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Sales, Fulfillment, and Support.
We work with production teams, artists, directors, producers, and grips who create amazing content. When they call, we answer the phone and help them to understand our tools and push their craft further.
eMotimo has a boatload of solvable problems. Above all else, you must be an unrelenting obliterator-of-problems.
You’re good at:
Task management:creating and prioritizing issues, estimating and tracking time, and escalating and bringing in support and help when needed.
Working with your hands.We build physical products out of aluminum, steel and brass. You will help manage assembly technicians and comfort with hand tools, wrenches, and drills is a must. You like well-written documentation. You can translate technical concepts into plain English.
Building processes. You are focused on efficiency and can balance time, quality, and expense.
You will really like this role if you:
Love Robots: We build robots! An understanding of and experience with motors (stepper, DC, BLDC), drive systems (belts, gears, pulleys), along with embedded systems for control, and electronics is desirable.
Love Photography/Filmmaking: We make equipment for professional video creators and photographers, so having a personal knowledge or love of photography or videography is ideal.
Education/ Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering
1-3 years experience in an engineering role
Document and versioning control experience
Sourcing & vendor management experience a plus
Previous supervisory experience preferred
Location: San Diego, CA (Mira Mesa)
eMotimo is looking for an Embedded Systems Engineer to help to help us with our line of robotic camera products. Our products are built to be easily field programmable by our users, using a gaming remote control.
You would maintain and add functionality to our existing products while helping to develop our next generation.
We are a small shop and this role is crucial for keeping eMotimo ahead as a thought leader in the robotic camera space. We work with production teams, artists, directors, producers, and grips who create amazing content. We are looking for someone who understands the true problems our users face and can help us with creative ways to solve those issues with our products. eMotimo has a tremendous opportunity to move an industry forward.
You’re good at:
C and C++ programming for embedded systems: – Diving in and getting deep: We already have a platform and hardware that is powerful. You want to push our code base further by fixing bugs, optimizing drivers, and regularly adding features.
Defining what’s next: You see where changes are needed to move a product forward. You love requirements and sorting them to build out a sharp plan that can be executed from both hardware and software.
Driving to physical results: Beyond the codebase are the forces, momentum, and the physical movement that define our products. You understand that theory and numbers are crap until proven in a real-world test.
Protocols, APIs, SDK: We build out an APIs for users as we integrate to platforms like desktop software, high-end cinema cameras, and other hardware. You are comfortable writing and implementing APIs .
Debugging: You are fluent in using OpenOCD, Logic Analyzers, and Oscilloscopes to track down issues or prove out results.
Technical Stuff and Acronyms:
Hardware: STM32F4 and STM32F7
Environment: GNU GCC C/C++, TrueStudio Atollic for ARM, SW4STM32
Protocols: UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB, SDIO, BTLE
You will really like this role if:
You like making a difference. There are opportunities to influence hardware, functionality, and how television and films are shot. Footage from our gear has been used on Planet Earth 2, Deadliest Catch, by NASA, Disney, and feature films we can’t talk about. Your work won’t be an obscure blip of code that the public never sees. It will be on a robot that moves and creates content for television and movies.
Education/ Experience:
Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Design, Software Engineering or equivalent.
eMotimo is looking for an individual to join our team dedicated to building and creating camera rigs in our San Diego workspace. This is a part-time hourly position with potential for full time role.
Job Duties
Receive, inspect, and assemble parts for sub-assemblies and final assemblies.
Use tools to screw, bolt, heat-shrink, solder, glue, or perform similar operations to complete our products.
Complete inspections and tests with documentation.
Pack final orders.
Requirements:
High School diploma or equivalent required; other advanced degree or training desirable.
Strong written and verbal communication in English.
Ability to read drawings and procedures.
Mechanical aptitude.
We make physical products with nuts, bolts, and gears. We need someone who is comfortable and proficient when working with their hands and hand-tools.
Soldering experience highly desirable.
Computer and web competence with MS Word, Excel, and Google Docs.
