Houdini TD

Company Description

As a company founded and run by an artist, it’s our mission to provide talented artists with the freedom and resources they need to deliver quality work and to thrive in a fun and creative environment.

Job Description

As Houdini TD, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving the internal pipeline by working closely with different CG teams to ensure a common and standardised approach to the workflow, tool development and support.

Key responsibilities :

• creating scripts and tools
• creating, testing, and implementing new features
• providing maintenance and support to the internal FX, CFX, environnement, lighting and layout teams
• helping to engineer solutions (tools and workflow) for pipeline enhancements and fixes
• working directly with artists to investigate and address urgent issues related to custom pipeline tools
• Continuously improve pipeline

Qualifications

Qualification and experience :

• 5 years of experience in the VFX industry
• strong understanding of 3d geometric attributes and principles
• Proven pipeline TD experience in animated features, animated TV series and/or VFX feature films
• Experience using and troubleshooting in Houdini software
• excellent knowledge of Python and Houdini,
• previous experience in Linux shell scripting
• proficiency working with one or more renderers (e.g. Renderman, Mantra, Arnold, etc.), and experience with renderer specific file formats
• a strong understanding of production processes and artist workflows within film and television visual effects pipelines

Asset :

Experience with Pixar’s Universal Scene Description.

Additional Information

• Full-time, Permanent Contract;
• 5 paid sick days;
• 2 additional statutory holidays in the winter holidays;
• Group Insurance, access to Dialogue online support and to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP);
• RRSP with employer contribution.

Diversity is a core value at Rodeo FX. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment where diversity is celebrated and valued. We believe every member on our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to perceive and interact with the world, identify challenges, and to design and deliver projects.