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The Pipeline TD is responsible for developing and maintaining 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. The Pipeline TD receives day-to-day direction and priorities from ILM's show CG Supervisor; reports to R&D supervisor for technical and career guidance.
What will you be doing?
* 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 support 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.
* 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.
* Collaborate effectively with artists, production supervisors, and technical staff across ILM studios in San Francisco, Vancouver, London and Sydney.
* When not crewed to shows, serve on software teams working on projects that improve the efficiency of asset setup, caching, and shot-data handoff between artists across the entire pipeline.
* Take direction from show supervisors to determine day-to-day and hour-to-hour priorities.
* Work primarily on tools of moderate complexity, requiring general understanding of the larger pipeline.
* Provide front-line support and gather information about artist problems and obstacles; resolve complex user errors; connect artists with deeper problems to appropriate technical support.
* Develop broad 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.
To be a contributing member of this team, you will have a mix of these skills:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field.
* Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining tools for use in computer graphics.
* At least 2 years production experience in visual effects for film, commercials or television.
* Proficiency in Linux
* Strong Python scripting required
* Experience in one or more of Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Mari, Katana, RenderMan, Unreal Engine or similar.
* Ability to communicate cross-discipline and provide innovative solutions to pipeline issues.
* Detail oriented and strong self-sufficient in trouble shooting.
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