Pipeline Technical Director

Industrial Light & Magic; Mumbai; Vor Ort; INR 800.000 - 1.500.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Industrial Light & Magic in Mumbai is seeking a senior Pipeline TD to develop and maintain CG tools, provide frontline support to artists, and troubleshoot the production pipeline.

You will collaborate with global ILM studios to ensure efficient asset setup, caching, and data handoffs across the entire pipeline.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related 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.

Aufgaben

• Develop pipeline and asset management tools to meet production demands and maintain workflow consistency.
• Provide front-line production support across multiple disciplines and troubleshoot assets and shots.
• Test and validate tools and techniques in production and work with engineering teams to release updates.
• Act as an on-call resource for show production staff.
• Collaborate with artists, production supervisors, and technical staff across ILM studios worldwide.
• Work on projects to improve asset setup, caching, and shot-data handoff pipelines.
• Identify day-to-day priorities with show supervisors and act autonomously.
• Tackle high-complexity tools requiring broad pipeline knowledge.
• Assist junior Pipeline TDs in front-line support and debugging issues.
• Develop knowledge of software and contribute to evolving production standards.
• Update documentation for pipeline and tools.

Kenntnisse

Advanced Python scripting

Cross-disciplinary communication

Troubleshooting

VFX pipeline knowledge

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Linux

Maya

Nuke

Houdini

Mari

Katana

RenderMan

3ds Max

Windows development

Jobbeschreibung

Job Summary:

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.

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