Associate Pipeline Technical Director

Job Description

This posting is an opportunity to submit your resume for future consideration; this is not a role that is open at this time. We anticipate this role may be open in the future, but we are not actively hiring for the position. If you would like to be considered for this potential role, please submit your resume. If the role becomes available, you may receive an email or call from a recruiter.

Position Summary

The Associate Pipeline TD develops and maintains software tools, providing front-line support to artists, and general troubleshooting of the CG pipeline in a fast-paced, feature film visual effects production environment. The primary focus is ensuring artist efficiency. Receives day-to-day direction and priorities from show CG Supervisor; reports to Studio Technology Director/Supervisor for technical guidance and oversight.

Remote Option Available.

What You'll Do
• Develop pipeline and asset management tools to meet immediate, show-directed production demands, ensuring facility-wide consistency as directed by show and technical supervisors. Help maintain a wide array of existing workflows and scripts.
• Provide front-line production assistance across a wide range of disciplines, troubleshoot assets and shots, and help artists with general problem-solving. Monitor email requests, package up problems and redirect to appropriate engineering team.
• Gather information about artist problems and obstacles; resolve user errors; guide artists with deeper problems to appropriate technical team.
• Test and validate tools and techniques in production. Work closely with engineering teams in testing, and releasing new and modified software systems.
• Act as an on-call resource for show production staff
• When not crewed to shows, serve on software teams working on projects that improve the efficiency
• Take direction from show supervisors to determine day-to-day and hour-to-hour priorities
• Work primarily on workflow tools, requiring introductory knowledge of the larger pipeline
• Develop basic knowledge of software, systems, and standards and conventions used in production
• Update documentation for the pipeline and tools to reflect any changes that are made

What We're Looking For
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining tools for use in a computer graphics environment
• Proficiency in Linux
• Strong Python scripting required
• Knowledge of visual effects or feature animation pipeline
• 2D/3D CG software applications: Maya, Mari, Houdini, Katana, Nuke, RenderMan, etc.
• Experience with production database systems

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This position is with ILM (Vancouver) Inc., which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8220m-18-191-157-186-42 in your application.