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Type : Special FX / Particle Systems.
Software : Houdini, Maya, Python, HScript, Mel.
Job description :
FX Technical Directors are responsible for generating FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems for feature film visual effects.
Responsibilities :
- Designs and creates FX animation, procedural simulation, dynamic simulation, particle and fluid systems.
- Lights and renders FX elements.
- Creates basic composite to demonstrate the usability of the elements.
- Provide regular updates to your direct supervisor, informing them of any issues that may affect progress and offering solutions as necessary.
- Maintain integrity and structure of workflow and naming conventions.
- Maintain self-discipline, strong organization and time management practices.
Qualifications and requirements :
- 3+ years of relevant experience in high-end feature film visual effects.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.
- Expertise with Houdini and/or other high-end animation software is required.
- Experience using Linux is a plus.
- Experience with Python, HScript or other scripting languages is desirable.
- Strong initiative and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Lighting Artist
Type : Lighting, Rendering
Software : Houdini, Renderman
Job description :
The Lighting Artist will light shots and sequences and may participate in some Look Development.The Lighting Artist will work within the lighting and rendering pipeline to see shots through from start to finish.
Responsibilities :
- Create photorealistic CG lighting that meets all technical and aesthetic standards for the project.
- Troubleshoot common rendering and lighting technical issues, including ray tracing render optimization.
- Develop shots in collaboration with the shot compositor.
- Provide regular updates to your direct supervisor, informing them of any issues that may affect progress and offering solutions as necessary.
- Maintain integrity and structure of workflow and naming conventions.
- Maintain self-discipline, strong organization and time management practices.
Qualifications and requirements:
- 3+ years experience creating photorealistic lighting for live-action feature films in Maya, Houdini, Renderman, Mental Ray or Vray.
- Strong understanding of color theory and practical lighting concepts.
- Extensive experience in a wide range of CG Lighting techniques and technical methods.
- Experience with HDRs and image based lighting.
- Ability to troubleshoot and debug common rendering issues.
- Experience with a scripting language is a plus.
- Strong initiative and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Rendering Engineer
Type : R&D, Rendering
Software : Houdini, Renderman, Nuke, C/C++, Python, OpenGL
Job description :
The Rendering Engineer develops software systems and techniques for creating visual effects, emphasizing shaders. The duties are a mix of building new systems, maintaining current systems, and supporting artists in executing production tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Primarily responsible for the development of software tools and/or systems under the guidance of a departmental project lead.
- Works directly with artists to solve lighting and rendering challenges.
- Serves as a knowledge resource for software and/or systems used in production.
- Advises/assists junior engineers with maintenance and bug fixing of existing software and/or systems.
- Participate in discussions of future applications and/or systems regarding their appropriateness of solution.
- Provide regular updates to your direct supervisor, informing them of any issues that may affect progress and offering solutions as necessary.
- Maintain integrity and structure of workflow and naming conventions.
- Maintain self-discipline, strong organization and time management practices.
Qualifications and requirements :
- 5+ years of relevant experience in high-end feature film visual effects.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.
- Strong shader writing skills
- Expertise in one or more production renderers: Mantra, Renderman, VRay or Arnold.
- Experience designing and implementing rendering algorithms, emphasizing photo realistic results.
- Excellence in problem solving and balancing quick turnaround with long-term quality.
- Must be able to work well with a wide range of personality types.
- Strong initiative and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Senior Creature Technical Director
Type : Animation, Rigging, Cloth, Hair, Fur, Skin
Software : Maya, Houdini, Python, Mel, C/C++
Job Description :
As a Creature Technical Director you will be responsible for setting up and running flesh-surface, hair, cloth, rigid body simulations as well as wrangle rigging and creature pipeline issues proficiently for other departments.
Responsibilities :
- Set up and run proprietary cloth, hair, flesh surfaces and rigid body simulations.
- Hero-creature enveloping using a combination of commercial software packages and proprietary tools.
- Run flesh-volume simulations.
- Wrangle creature rigging issues for artists in other disciplines.
- Script utilities/tools/plug-ins in various software packages.
- Create dynamic simulations in packages such as Houdini and/or Maya.
- Wrangle creature pipeline issues for artists in other disciplines.
- Mentor entry level artists.
- Provide regular updates to your direct supervisor, informing them of any issues that may affect progress and offering solutions as necessary.
- Maintain integrity and structure of workflow and naming conventions.
- Maintain self-discipline, strong organization and time management practices.
Qualifications and requirements :
- 8+ years of relevant experience in high-end feature film visual effects.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.
- Expertise with Maya and/or other high-end animation software is required.
- Proficiency with Linux is preferred.
- Experience with Mel,Python, or other scripting languages is desirable.
- Experience with C++ is a plus.
- Experience in corrective sculpting. Knowledge of anatomy and enveloping.
- Strong initiative and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Shader Writer
Type : Rendering, Shading.
Software : Houdini, Renderman.
Job description :
As a shader writer you will collaborate with the shading, lighting and surfacing teams to drive the look development of CG assets and create shader-based solutions for production needs.
Responsibilities :
- Design and write surface, lighting and volume shaders from original algorithms or by enhance existing shaders.
- Identify and address specific surfacing and lighting challenges during the early stages of production.
- Provide regular updates to your direct supervisor, informing them of any issues that may affect progress and offering solutions as necessary.
- Provides aesthetic and technical guidance for all areas of production shading.
- Helps establish studios shader writing conventions and texturing and shading workflow and pipeline.
- Provide shader training to production users.
- Maintain integrity and structure of workflow and naming conventions.
- Maintain self-discipline, strong organization and time management practices.
Qualification and requirements :
- 3+ years of relevant experience in high-end feature film visual effects.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.
- Strong shader writing skills.
- Expertise in one or more production renderers: Mantra, Renderman, VRay or Arnold.
- Ability to come up with creative, efficient rendering solutions.
- Texturing and Lighting experience is desirable.
- Experience with Houdini is desirable.
- Experience using Linux is a plus.
- C++ dso/shadeop experience a plus.
- Strong initiative and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Software Developer
Type : R&D
Software : C/C++, Python, OpenGL, OpenMaya, Houdini HDK
Job description :
As a Software Developer you'll work closely with all the production teams and other developers to create and maintain a wide range of tools to be used for current and upcoming projects.
Responsibilities :
- Designs and develops new systems for production of high-end digital content.
- Collaborates with other developers and artists to create state-of-the-art capabilities.
- Upgrades and maintains existing production systems.
- Communicates with end-users to determine technical requirements.
- Provide regular updates to your direct supervisor, informing them of any issues that may affect progress and offering solutions as necessary.
- Maintain self-discipline, strong organization and time management practices.
Qualifications and requirements :
- 3+ years of directly relevant experience
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.
- Extensive knowledge of C++ and Python.
- Extensive knowledge of the Maya C++ API and/or Houdini C++ SDK.
- Good knowledge of OpenGL.
- Experience of Renderman API development.
- Experience with Qt and PyQt is desirable.
- Experience writing software for physical simulations is a plus.
- Experience with CUDA or OpenCL is a plus.
- Ability to work well in a team and closely with artists.
- Strong initiative and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
Texture Artist
Type : Rendering, Texturing
Software : Houdini, Maya, Photoshop, Mari
Job description :
The Senior Texture Artist will produce photorealistic textures from scratch and see them through the textures pipeline from start to finish.
Responsibilities :
- Create photorealistic textures from scratch that meet all technical and aesthetic standards for the project.
- Work closely with the modeling artists to ensure all textures work smoothly throughout the pipeline.
- Provide regular updates to your direct supervisor, informing them of any issues that may affect progress and offering solutions as necessary.
- Maintain integrity and structure of workflow and naming conventions.
- Maintain self-discipline, strong organization and time management practices.
Qualifications and requirements:
- 3+ years of experience creating photorealistic textures for feature films in Photoshop with experience in Maya.
- Extensive experience working with photographic elements to create textures.
- Extensive experience editing and generating UVs.
- Z-brush and Body Paint experience is preferred.
- Mari experience is a plus.
- Leading or mentoring experience is a plus.
- Photorealistic modeling experience is a plus.
- Strong initiative and problem solving skills.
- Must have excellent communication and organizational skills.
