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/