Senior Pipeline Technical Director

1 month ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Industrial Light & Magic Full time

Job Summary:

This role is a key position in our team, requiring a strong technical background and excellent problem-solving skills. As a Senior Pipeline Technical Director, you will be responsible for providing direct support to productions and artists, troubleshooting pipeline tools, and developing and maintaining software tools to ensure artist efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide front-line production assistance across a wide range of disciplines, troubleshoot assets and shots, and help artists with general problem-solving
  • Develop pipeline and asset management tools to meet immediate, show-directed production demands, ensuring facility-wide consistency as directed by show and technical supervisors
  • Work on tools of high complexity and sophistication
  • Guide and mentor fellow Pipeline TDs by offering initial support, establishing coding standards, and sharing advancements in the specific domains of the pipeline
  • Collaborate directly with engineering teams on technical projects; driving the development and evolution of standards and conventions used in production
  • Test and validate tools and techniques in production, working closely with engineering teams in testing, and releasing new and modified software systems
  • Collaborate effectively with artists, production supervisors, and technical staff across ILM's studios globally
  • Identify day-to-day priorities in conjunction with show supervisors and team leadership; acting autonomously
  • Update documentation for the pipeline and tools to reflect any changes that are made

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • At least 8 years production experience in visual effects for film, commercials or television
  • Experience with developing, maintaining, and leading projects to completion, working directly with stakeholders, managing expectations and timelines
  • Experience developing tools in one or more of Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Mari, Katana, RenderMan or similar
  • Comfort communicating cross-discipline and providing innovative solutions to pipeline issues
  • A desire to improve efficiencies and eagerness to tackle technical problems daily
  • Experience implementing recent technological developments into existing frameworks
  • Proficiency in Linux & Python scripting
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modeling and texturing, animation, rendering and compositing
  • Nice to have: Experience with production database systems Experience with C, C++ Experience with Windows development and applications, such as 3ds max

What We Offer:

ILM offers a competitive salary range of C$122,400 to C$156,800 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.

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