Video Producer

About the Role

You'll shoot and edit the films that show what Fuse actually builds. You are responsible for the full chain: camera, lighting, sound, edit, and grade. This is cinematic, high-craft work inside a real pulsed-power facility - high-voltage machines, low-light labs, reflective metal, and hardware that needs to look on screen exactly like what it is. Behind the scenes precious moments of the build out of a fusion company - failures, the people, all the special moments.

What We Value

• Obsess about the details - sloppy work costs us later, so do it right the first time.
• Care - pick up the trash. Do things no one asks you to do. Go the extra mile because you care.
• Act with urgency - every hour matters more than it feels like it does.
• Be responsible for the outcome, not just the task; if it is not working, it remains your problem until it is fixed.
• Assume good intent - disagree openly, then commit fully once a call is made.

Core Responsibilities

• Shoot, edit, and deliver cinematic films that show Fuse's machines, people, tests, and technical work.
• Be responsible for the full production process - camera, lighting, location audio, edit, color, and final delivery.
• Develop scripts, concepts, and shoot plans with the creative team.
• Produce everything from 2-3 minute launch films and technical explainers to vertical social content.
• Work primarily as a one-person crew, bringing in additional production support for larger shoots when needed.
• Build and maintain a searchable footage library so new work never starts from zero.
• Collaborate with the rest of the creative team to ensure cohesive positioning and branding.

Minimum Qualifications

• Exceptional reel demonstrating professional cinematography and editing; this is a portfolio hire.
• Command of camera, lighting, location audio, editing, and color grading.
• Ability to shoot difficult environments including low light, high contrast, reflective metal, and industrial hardware.
• Ability to independently take a project from concept and shoot through finished film.
• Experience using AI video-generation tools as part of a professional production workflow.
• Strong judgment sourcing and integrating stock footage when needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience filming in industrial, laboratory, cleanroom, aerospace, defense, or access-restricted environments.
• Motion graphics or 3D experience for technical explainers.
• Strong still-photography portfolio.

Additional Requirements

• This is not a remote position and will require relocation if not already local to Fuse's San Leandro, CA facility.
• Position occasionally requires the ability to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
• Position may require some business travel to other Fuse facilities.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Relocation assistance for roles that require it.
• Flexible time off. Take what you need, no accrual tracking.
• 2 weeks of paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs).
• Supportive leave of absence policies.
• Paid leave for new parents.

Itar Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.