Pipeline Technical Director

Industrial Light & Magic; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Industrial Light & Magic in Maharashtra, India is seeking a Pipeline TD to develop and maintain CG tools, support artists, and troubleshoot the production pipeline. The role emphasizes cross-team collaboration across ILM studios worldwide and maintaining efficient asset workflows.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of VFX production experience, with strong Linux and Python scripting skills and familiarity with major CG tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical field.
• 5+ years production experience in visual effects for film, TV or commercials.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain CG tools in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop pipeline and asset management tools to meet show needs and maintain workflows.
• Provide front-line production support, troubleshoot assets and guide artists.
• Test and validate tools in production and coordinate with engineering teams.
• Act as on-call resource for show production staff.
• Collaborate with artists and supervisors across ILM studios worldwide.
• Contribute to pipeline standards and update documentation.

Skills

Linux

Python scripting

Cross-discipline comms

Detail oriented

VFX pipeline

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Maya

Nuke

Houdini

Mari

Katana

RenderMan

C/C++

Windows development

Job description

Position Summary

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. Receives day-to-day direction and priorities from show CG Supervisor; reports to R&D supervisor for technical and career guidance.

Job Requirements

Position Summary

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. Receives day-to-day direction and priorities from show CG Supervisor; reports to R&D supervisor for technical and career guidance.

Primary Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• 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 the 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, Singapore, and London.
• 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.
• Identify day-to-day priorities in conjunction with show supervisors; act autonomously.
• Work primarily on tools of a high degree of complexity, requiring broad understanding of the larger pipeline.
• Assist junior Pipeline TDs in providing front-line support; resolve complex user errors; guide Pipeline Engineers and R&D with debugging technical issues.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of software and systems; contribute to evolving standards and conventions used in production.
• Update documentation for the pipeline and tools to reflect any changes that are made.

Education/Experience

• 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.
• At least 5 years production experience in visual effects for film, commercials or television.

Required Skills/Competencies

• Proficiency in Linux
• Advanced Python scripting required
• Experience in one or more of Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Mari, Katana, RenderMan or similar
• Ability to communicate cross-discipline and provide innovative solutions to pipeline issues.
• Detail oriented and strong self-sufficient troubleshooter.
• Thorough understanding of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modeling and texturing, animation, rendering and compositing

Preferred Skills/Competencies

• Experience with production database systems
• Experience with C, C++
• Experience with Windows development and applications such as 3ds max a plus.

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Note: The title and level will be determined commensurate to experience.

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This position is with Lucasfilm Visual Effects (India) Private Limited, which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic.

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