FX Technical Director

We’re excited to be back in our Montreal studio Tuesday thru Thursday… come join us! The FX Technical Director works closely with artists and technical directors to research, design, and develop in-house tools to solve production issues and make productions more efficient. As an architect of the CG production pipeline, the FX Technical Director must create tools that not only solve current production challenges, but that also benefit the studio as a whole. The successful candidate has the ability to identify deficiencies in the technical process and to proactively recommend solutions. The FX Technical Director must work well in a team-oriented production environment, where daily proactive problem solving and technical innovation are expected.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the research, design, development, and deployment of proprietary scripts, plugins, and applications for the production pipeline. Conducts ongoing research in emerging industry technologies and development techniques, and determines practical applications for these advancements in order to improve production. Develops and executes test plans for tools, and performs regular evaluation of tool performance within the production pipeline. Studies patterns and trends, identifies common technical problems in a production.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Film, Animation, or equivalent experience. Minimum 5 years’ production experience. Working knowledge of Linux, Windows, and OSX platforms. Experience with both procedural and object-oriented programming languages, shader/plugin writing as well as shell/Python scripting. Production experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: effects, layout, animation, modeling, texturing, rigging, fur/hair, cloth, lighting, or compositing. Working knowledge of CG production workflow and methodologies. Extensive knowledge of Houdini, as well as working knowledge of Maya, Katana, Arnold, Substance, Nuke, Unreal, Flow Production Tracking, Atoms, Golaem, Deadline, RV. Knowledge of USD, Bash, C++, OpenColorIO, OpenTimelineIO, PostgreSQL, Generative AI.