BC - FX Pipeline Technical Director TD - Stop Motion VFX Project
BC - FX Pipeline Technical Director TD - Stop Motion VFX Project
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Job Description
FX Pipeline Technical Director (TD)
All applicants must be residents of British Columbia Canada.
Must be legally entitled to work in Canada ie. Citizen PR Open Work Permit.
At this time were pleased to offer this role as an option to work from home OR work from our Vancouver studio in the beautiful Gastown area close to the Waterfront Station in Downtown. (Remote is not available outside of BC; there is no hybrid)
About Zoic
Zoic Studios is a Visual Effects company that specializes in high end visual effects for television film and advertising. Our mantra is VisualEvolution we focusoneverypart of theprocess from the final picture to the pipeline used to create them.
Are youlooking for your nextcreative and technical challengeCome join our team!
Why Join Zoic
- We are an Artist owned and operated VFX studio.
- We love what we do and always stay curious about new technology and techniques.
- We respect work/life balance in a hectic industry.
- We work with a team from all walks of life and backgrounds.
We are excited to share an incredible stopmotion animated feature project that promises creativity collaboration and a fantastic chance to showcase your skills!
Summary of Position
The FX Pipeline TD will work closely with artists senior engineers and technical directors to design develop deploy and support custom tools scripts OTLs APIs and plugins to extend the capabilities of our USDbacked Houdinibased FX Pipeline.
Job Functions
- Extend the capabilities of Houdini through custom scripts digital assets and plugins collaborating with production and facility leadership to target high value projects and addressing the needs of FX artists as well as various other departments to integrate Houdini into respective workflows.
- Collaborate with the technology team to integrate Houdiniauthored products into the asset management system.
- Work with nontechnical end users to help define requirements for novel tools and develop prototypes for systems that solve production problems.
- Collaborate with other pipeline TDs and engineers to evolve the core pipeline by incorporating technological advances and addressing the evolving requirements of a growing facility.
- Assist in the integration of Houdini into the production pipeline as identified by production and technology leadership.
- Follow the processes and procedures of the software development life cycle build and release system and documentation and testing standards used in Technology.
- Provide support of existing tools via bug fixes and version updates.
- Support users on Linux with FX and Houdini related inquiries.
- Support applications through documentation training and handling questions.
Qualifications
- 4 years experience developing custom tools and workflows relevant to FX within an animation or VFX studio environment.
- Experience developing with Python including familiarity with best practices the Python core library and industry standard libraries such as PySide and pytest as well as Houdinis domain specific languages Vex and Hscript.
- Experience integrating Houdini into a production pipeline leveraging its various API.
- Experience designing and authoring Houdini Digital Assets.
- Experience with USD and its various APIs both stand alone and in Solaris.
- Experience with one or more production grade renderers such as Renderman.
- Experience with additional DCCs such as Maya Katana Terragen and/or Nuke a plus.
- Experience with SCM tools such as Git and GitLab.
- Experience with Linux preferred.
Additional information
- British Columbia Employees Pay Range: $45 $65(The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors including without limitation the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position years of relevant experience level of education attained certifications or other professional licenses held and if applicable the location of the position)
- Zoic does not cover relocation costs.
- Any and WFHremote positions require the candidate to have a reliable internet connection via ethernet and be located in BC working on Pacific Standard Time.
- This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.
- Due to the volume of applications we receive we regret that only those selected to interviewwill be contacted.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Contract
