Founding Creative & Videographer

Aurelius Systems•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Aurelius Systems is hiring a founding creative and videographer to own how the company is seen and understood. The role shapes Aurelius’s visual identity and narrative across YouTube, X, and launch content, documenting its people, products, factories, and field tests. The work includes capturing directed-energy systems in action, documenting manufacturing and engineering, and making complex technical work feel compelling and important. The position owns production end to end, from camera work through final edit, and creates both short-form content and long-form product and launch films. The creative will travel with the team, work closely with engineers and founders, and have substantial ownership over what is produced and published. The role reports directly to the CEO. Core hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; work hours may increase during sprints toward demos or field tests, including nights and weekends, and decrease after those sprints.

Requirements

Have shipped real YouTube work, such as a channel, series, or long-form product or factory films owned end to end.
Provide a portfolio, including a reel and links.
Have broken through or gone viral on X or YouTube with hardware, industrial, automotive, aerospace, or defense-adjacent work.
Have established the look for a project or organization and personally operated the camera and edited the work.
Have spoken shop with at least one founder who is shipping a real product.
Be a native English speaker.
Be willing to travel to Detroit, San Francisco, range sites, and demonstrations.
Be comfortable working for extended periods with engineers to capture a shot.
Work independently and take initiative to find and capture footage.
Be able to work in environments such as factories and field-test locations.
Meet U.S. Person status requirements for access to export-controlled information or items.

Responsibilities

Develop and own Aurelius’s visual and narrative system across YouTube, X, and launch content.
Shoot, edit, and deliver content end to end, from camera work to final cut.
Document factory and shop-floor work in Detroit and San Francisco.
Cover field tests on the company’s private range and capture real system demonstrations.
Create short, high-cadence founder content and ghostwrite related material.
Produce long-form product and launch films.
Shape the company’s branding and visual identity, making its engineering work visually compelling.
Travel with the team to locations including Detroit, San Francisco, range sites, and demonstrations.
Work closely with engineers and founders to identify and capture compelling stories and footage.