Studio: DNEG
Job Opening: FX Technical Supervisor
Location: Mumbai/Chennai/Bengaluru, India
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Driving the department forward in terms of its technical workflows and approaches to FX.
- Being an active stakeholder in any FX Houdini-related steering committees.
- Being an attendee to any steering committees that may relate to the FX Department.
- Helping to triage, solve and debug issues raised via Jira and/or ShotGrid tickets.
- Interfacing with the Production Technology team on all levels, from the Pipe TDs up to the CTO / Head of Research.
- Maintaining documentation of core FX-related tools and technical workflows.
- Working with the Training Dept on material relevant to further the knowledge base of the FX team.
- Maintaining an awareness and oversight of department Houdini tool bundles, contributing to them when necessary.
- Developing and maintaining tools for the FX team, whether they are Linux or DCC based.
- Ensuring tools and workflows used on shows are as efficient as possible.
- Spending desk time with the artists to help solve their technical issues or problems.
- Working with the Technology department on hardware issues, including licensing issues.
- Working closely with the RnD / Houdini RnD team to develop tools to increase our efficiency and widen our working toolset.
- Assisting with any FX recruitment when needed, particularly when looking to fill technical roles.
- Liaising with 3rd party software vendors in organizing training or new feature requests.
- Monitoring and/or cleaning the SideFX Bug Database for DNEG.
- Regular communication with FX Supervisors, and general monitoring of the FX teams on each show.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Must have previous experience as a TD and previous experience within a Lead or Supervisor Capacity.
- Must have extensive knowledge of Houdini.
- Demonstrates superb problem-solving skills and takes initiative to propose ideas and suggestions.
- Experienced in project management, able to prioritize tasks & time efficiently, and can give accurate time estimates on work.
- Experienced in Coaching & mentoring artists in new techniques and efficiencies.
- Excellent technical skills.
- A talent for debugging and troubleshooting issues.
- High-level feature film experience in live-action VFX Films
- Showed ability to create film-quality effects using Houdini.
- Advanced simulation experience and up-to-date knowledge of industry-standard techniques.
- Excellent pipeline scripting ability with strong Linux & scripting ability in Python
Nice to Have
- Knowledge of C++
- Maya and/or equivalent 3D software knowledge
- Previous experience working in or with development teams.
