Senior Character Technical Director
This role is for a Senior Character Technical Director to support the creation of Soul Machines’ Digital Humans. We are looking for a candidate that has experience in building realistic digital characters for film and games. Responsibilities will include developing character rigs, supporting runtime deliverables, shader support, and automating common tasks. Candidates will be deeply involved in developing new proprietary techniques for creating next generation digital characters for real-time environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive and promote the highest quality of artistic and technical deliverables in the teams and projects they work on
Promote and mentor the growth of junior artists
Development of character animation rigs and techniques
Support of artist tasks in managing runtime assets
Become well-versed in workflows and pipelines, identifying simplifications where possible.
Develop tools, scripts, plugins to streamline processes.
Aid in the development of new methods for developing digital characters
Essential skills:
3-5+ Years with Maya
Focused experience in the creation of character animation rigs for games and/or film
Experience with pose based deformation systems
Python / Mel Scripting
Experience with Qt based UI development
Basic understanding of rendering and shaders
Knowledge of performance capture pipelines, processes and data manipulation
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, taking direction and addressing written and verbal notes with quick turnarounds
Desire to explore and learn new techniques and approaches to solve problems
Flexibility to perform in a dynamic work environment, able to compromise and take critique well
The ability to understand artist processes and provide constructive methods for improving workflows
Desired skills:
C++, C# programming experience
Maya plugin development
Facial Rigging Experience
Any questions contact [email protected]
LOCATION:Level 1, 106 Customs Street West, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Key Responsibilities:
Drive and promote the highest quality of artistic and technical deliverables in the teams and projects they work on
Promote and mentor the growth of junior artists
Development of character animation rigs and techniques
Support of artist tasks in managing runtime assets
Become well-versed in workflows and pipelines, identifying simplifications where possible.
Develop tools, scripts, plugins to streamline processes.
Aid in the development of new methods for developing digital characters
Essential skills:
3-5+ Years with Maya
Focused experience in the creation of character animation rigs for games and/or film
Experience with pose based deformation systems
Python / Mel Scripting
Experience with Qt based UI development
Basic understanding of rendering and shaders
Knowledge of performance capture pipelines, processes and data manipulation
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, taking direction and addressing written and verbal notes with quick turnarounds
Desire to explore and learn new techniques and approaches to solve problems
Flexibility to perform in a dynamic work environment, able to compromise and take critique well
The ability to understand artist processes and provide constructive methods for improving workflows
Desired skills:
C++, C# programming experience
Maya plugin development
Facial Rigging Experience
Any questions contact [email protected]
LOCATION:Level 1, 106 Customs Street West, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
