Synthesis AI hiring Houdini Character Technical Director

Synthesis AI hiring Houdini Character Technical Director

Studio: Synthesis AI

Job Opening: Houdini Character Technical Director

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Build procedural KineFX rigs
  • Create and maintain procedural workflows/node-graphs for asset or scene generation
  • Built HDAs and tools to aid other artists and workflows
  • Partner with back-end departments to maintain and improve the CG geometry (USD) pipeline
  • CG Generalist tasks, such as modeling, surfacing, and look-dev

Qualifications & Skills:

  • At least 10 years of AAA game or feature film VFX experience in a similar role
  • Strong experience with SideFX Houdini (specifically KineFX, SOPs, and PDG)
  • Strong demonstrable experience with character rigging
  • Experience with Pixar’s USD and VFX/game-dev geometry pipelines
  • Working knowledge of procedural modeling
  • Ability to create/maintain Houdini HDAs
  • Bonus: experience with asset generation for use in in-game engines

Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://apply.workable.com/synthesis-ai/j/B73597F15F/apply/