CG Technology Supervisor connecting Houdini R&D, production pipelines, and customer needs at SideFX. Shaping CG workflows, feature priorities, and user experience.
Responsibilities
Propose, scope, and validate new frameworks, features, and workflows with developers, technical directors, and internal teams
Ensure solutions meet CG production demands, with emphasis on pipeline viability, performance, and user experience
Collaborate with developers to clarify and uphold priorities across relevance, completeness, usability, feasibility, and resources
Monitor development progress and communicate status to R&D and other teams
Maintain and enforce consistent workflows, features, and best practices across Houdini
Identify and map bottlenecks and dependencies before they become blockers
Serve as tie-breaker on user-facing project aspects when R&D consensus cannot be reached
Meet with clients and industry stakeholders to gather feedback and validate product plans, frameworks, and features
Research and prototype emerging technologies relevant to the assigned domain
Inform R&D and the broader company about relevant technology areas
Occasionally represent SideFX at marketing or industry events
Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
5+ years of senior-level production experience, preferably in film
Strong working knowledge of Houdini, including procedural workflows and day-to-day artist and technical director usage in production
Deep domain expertise in an assigned area such as animation, motion editing, image processing, sequencing/editorial, lighting, rendering, or compositing
Proven ability to influence priorities and align cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority
Experience providing structured feedback to engineering teams on tools used in real production work
Comfortable operating with ambiguity and defining processes and priorities
Ability to work independently and in a nimble team environment
Knowledge of Python programming and software development skills
Production experience as a CG Supervisor or VFX Supervisor is a bonus
Familiarity with Houdini's underlying architecture, including C++, Qt, and Python UI/UX layers, is a bonus
Public speaking or client-facing experience is a bonus
Benefits
Career growth and professional development opportunities
Opportunity to contribute to Houdini and its user community
Opportunity to work alongside CG industry experts and interact with an artist community
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