Pipeline Technical Director

Lucasfilm; Mumbai; Ibrido; INR 1.800.000 - 3.200.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Lucasfilm Visual Effects (India) Private Limited is seeking a Pipeline TD to develop and maintain production tools, ensuring artist efficiency in a fast-paced CG pipeline. You will provide front-line support, troubleshoot assets, and work with engineers to test and release new systems.

The role requires strong Linux and Python skills, plus experience with Maya, Nuke, Houdini, or similar tools. You will collaborate with international ILM studios and may serve on-call during shows.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5+ years production experience in visual effects for film, commercials or television.
• Proficiency in Linux and Python scripting.
• Experience with Maya, Nuke, Houdini or similar software.

Mansioni

• Develop pipeline and asset management tools to meet immediate production needs.
• Provide front-line production support to artists across disciplines.
• Monitor requests and coordinate with engineering teams for issue resolution.
• Collaborate with ILM studios in multiple locations to improve pipelines and data handoffs.
• Update documentation for pipelines and tools reflecting changes.

Conoscenze

Linux

Python scripting

Cross-discipline communication

Troubleshooting

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Strumenti

Maya

Nuke

Houdini

Mari

Katana

RenderMan

3ds Max

C/C++

Descrizione del lavoro

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

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