FX TD: Master Magical & Realistic Simulations

Framestore Limited; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Framestore Limited is seeking an FX TD to create CG renditions of naturalistic and magical phenomena for high-end film projects. You will build and simulate effects, from smoke and fire to clouds and water, ensuring they integrate with lighting and rendering pipelines.

You will work with Maya and Houdini, collaborate with other departments, and contribute to procedural tools and pipelines that raise the bar on visual effects quality for our acclaimed productions.

Qualifications

• Must have degree qualification or at least 5 years work experience in a similar role.
• Experience working on a VFX pipeline and production-quality simulations.
• Solid knowledge of Maya and Houdini or equivalent simulation software.
• Understanding of FX simulation, procedural animation, and rendering concepts.
• Experience producing effects like magic, smoke, fire, clouds, water, steam, explosions; capable with rigid bodies, cloth and hair.

Responsibilities

• Create particle, rigid-body, fluid, cloth, fur and/or hair simulations or animations.
• Apply lighting and shaders to produce the final rendered image or pass the simulation to a Lighting TD.
• Use Maya, Houdini and other FX tools.
• Collaborate with other departments to deliver shots to the highest standard.
• Develop design solutions and pipelines for FX creation.
• Produce reviewable composites of FX elements; may render final outputs.
• Design and create images, elements, effects, pipelines, tools and techniques.

Skills

FX simulation techniques

Procedural animation

Team collaboration

Motion understanding

Rendering concepts

Education

Degree qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

Maya

Houdini

Nuke

Arnold rendering

Maya API / Houdini HDK

Python

VEX / MEL scripting

Unix shell scripting

Job description

Framestore Limited is seeking an FX TD to create CG renditions of naturalistic and magical phenomena for high-end film projects. You will build and simulate effects, from smoke and fire to clouds and water, ensuring they integrate with lighting and rendering pipelines.

You will work with Maya and Houdini, collaborate with other departments, and contribute to procedural tools and pipelines that raise the bar on visual effects quality for our acclaimed productions.