Artiste CFX Houdini - Animation -- Houdini CFX Artist - Animation

Cinesite-Montreal•Montreal, QC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cinesite is an international visual effects and animation studio with over 30 years of experience in the film and television industry. We take pride in producing cutting-edge, award-winning works. We operate as a collective, where excellence, expertise, and creativity are valued by all. Within the CFX team, the CFX Artist will set up and run believable cloth and hair simulations in Houdini for moving characters and inanimate objects within assigned shot work.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in a similar position working on VFX or Animation.
Production experience with Houdini.
Familiarity with Ziva or similar technology such as Maya (Ncloth, Nhair).
Thorough understanding of simulation techniques and technologies relating to effects and basic understanding of rigging, modelling and geometry deformers.
Working knowledge of Arnold or Renderman.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work well within a team and to solve shot-specific issues independently.

Nice To Haves

Creation of scripts with VEX and/or Python development of tools is an asset.

Responsibilities

Create and generate cloth and hair simulation and general show-related effects as required using Houdini.
Work with upstream and downstream departments such as Assets, Animation and Lighting-compositing to ensure a high-quality final look.
Take direction from the Leads and Supervisor and apply any adjustments.
Meet the quotas within the deadlines.
Participate to develop new tools and workflows for productions as required.
Troubleshoot and/or flag any technical or artistic issues encountered.