Imaging Engineer

Job Description

Founded in 2001, MR. X is an award-winning visual effects company specializing in High-Concept series episodic and feature films. With years long relationships with some of Hollywood's top creators, MR. X has delivered the visual effects for critically acclaimed titles like; The Shape of Water, Roma, American Gods and Vikings, to name a few. By partnering with our clients through every stage of their project, we help shape and guide what makes it to the screen, in some of the world's most exciting film and television content. MR. X has facilities in Toronto, Montreal, Bangalore, Los Angeles and Adelaide, with a combined staff of over 800 filmmakers, artists, and programmers.

Mr. X is part of Technicolor's premiere portfolio of VFX brands and services, working alongside MPC and Mikros to provide offerings tailored to the specific creative and storytelling needs of each project. Within this collective, Mr. X has built a reputation for being a true partner in storytelling.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Regional Imaging Lead, the Imaging Engineer is responsible for ensuring color accuracy and consistency through the VFX pipeline.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Look after color management issues as part of the global imaging team
• Implement color pipelines for film VFX
• Deal with a range of color space conversions
• Maintain various software tools used by the department
• Manage and carry out projector calibrations
• Support the operation of screening rooms
• Evaluate new displays

Qualifications

Technical Knowledge/Skills:
• Strong knowledge of color science including color spaces, matrix operations, lookup tables and use of instrumentation
• Experience with color managing VFX applications (Nuke, RV, Photoshop, Katana, Silhouette)
• Strong knowledge of and experience with calibration procedure (monitors and projectors)
• Familiarity with differing display technologies
• Linux knowledge preferred
• Experience with video engineering, scripting and python is an asset
• Familiarity with video streaming a plus

Experience:

Experience in video engineering or color management in the film industry

Attributes:
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• A strong work ethic
• Ability to take direction
• Capability to learn and adapt quickly
• Ability to understand client approval process-
• Ability to successfully delegate and manage projects
• Ability to create, manage and work as part of a team
• Ability to manage a time-sensitive workload with an urgent and extremely organized manner

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d98687-3-143-244-83-42 in your application.