Houdini Solaris TD

This is a Full Time Job

This role is open to candidates who live and can legally work in any of the following locations: Canada (Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia), United Kingdom or Germany.

Houdini Solaris TD

PXO is looking for a talented Houdini Solaris TD to join our team and work closely with department supervisors to refine Solaris based workflows. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Houdini Solaris and USD workflows.

Responsibilities:
• Understand existing workflows, develop and extend current Houdini Solaris pipelines for USD-based shot and asset work
• Implement production integration with asset management, publishing systems, task tracking, and render farm
• Collaborate with all departments to ensure their workflows are integrated seamlessly into the final product
• Create procedural tools and UI/UX to automate parts of the workflows
• Stay up to date on the latest Houdini Solaris and Pixar USD features
• Integrate rendering solutions like Arnold with the USD pipeline, and optimize scene graph performance
• Improve interoperability between Solaris and VOPs, SOPs, and POPs
• Provide resolution for support tickets from Solaris users

Requirements
• 2 years' experience with building a Houdini Solaris pipeline
• Expert in Houdini Solaris and USD workflows
• Strong understanding of sequence-based workflows for lighting, FX and layout
• Experience with Python, Houdini APIs, and GUI frameworks
• Experience with PyPanels using PyQt/PySide
• Experience with Arnold
• Good understanding of both Windows and Linux operating systems
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Maya experience is a plus
• Deadline experience is a plus
• Unreal experience is a plus

Additional Requirements
• Must be eligible to work in Canada, the UK, or Germany.
• Pixomondo is an international company established in 5 countries. For production purposes, fluency in English is required.