Overview
JOB SUMMARY
Reporting to Rigging Technical Supervisor, the Rigging Development TD designs, builds, and maintains in-house rigging and rigging pipeline tools. They will be focusing both on long term work flow solutions that enable Scanline VFX to produce higher quality assets quickly and easily, as well as maintenance and troubleshooting of our existing code base. Demonstrated Advanced skill level and up with; Maya API, Python, and QT.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Works daily with Rigging Management team to identify and implement existing and new features
Attends daily scrum meetings
Designs and builds QT UI toolsets to augment the existing rigging pipeline
Prototype custom geometry deformers
Attends production meetings as need for information and requirements gathering
Writes Technical Briefs and provide supporting documentation
Identifies early areas of improvement; escalate issues as needed
Various tasks assigned as needed
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
2+ years’ experience in VFX, Gaming, or similar development environment
Good understanding of rigging for VFX, including parallel evaluation and GPU programming
Solid knowledge of software design
Maya API, Python, QT (required)
C++, Shotgun, 3DsMax (plus)
BA Computer Science, Math, or similar discipline (plus)
Experience delivering complete milestones/tasks under tight deadlines
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Eye for detail, initiative, and excellent organizational skills
Team player who is able to work independently with minimal supervision
Strong trouble shooting/problem solving ability
BENEFITS INCLUDED
+Extended Medical
+Disability Insurance
+Dental Insurance
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About Scanline VFX
COMPANY SUMMARY
Celebrating over 25 years in the industry, Scanline VFX specializes in creating complex visual effects for high end, block buster feature films with studios worldwide: Vancouver, Los Angeles, Munich, and Stuttgart. Founded in Germany, the company expanded to Los Angeles in 2007 and opened the largest studio in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia in 2011. In 2015 it won the Emmy for Outstanding Visual Effects for their work on Game of Thrones. Scanline VFX has received multiple Academy Award Nominations for Best Achievement in Visual Effects: 2014 for Iron Man 3 and in 2010 for its work on director Clint Eastwoods Hereafter. We are also well known for our proprietary, in-house fluid effects software Flowline, for which it received a 2008 Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award.
