61073br technology & engineering filmed entertainment group
Responsibilities
Dreamworks animation is looking for a software engineer to join our production engineering team to continue to evolve our universal scene description (usd) based pipelineAs a production engineer in this role, you will partner with production stakeholders and other technology teams to guide the continued advancement of our usage of usd as well as help support and augment the studio’s existing usd tools and workflows.
Responsibilities:
Analyze and iteratively improve the dreamworks shot and asset model to align with new usd features, new schemas, and updated requirements of production
Design, coordinate cross-departmental approval, implement, maintain, and document new usd schemas, file format plugins, and other usd extensions to support integration with the dreamworks pipeline and toolset
Monitor the public development of usd and coordinate and advocate for production adoption of new usd versions and schemas
Plan and implement usd version upgrades, including usd plugins and third party tools
Troubleshoot usd and usd plugin runtime environment and build issues
Training and support of td and r&d developers with understanding usd and its api’s
Manage internal git repositories (c++ and python) for usd plugins, extensions, and pipeline code and coordinate deployments
Coordinate open-source releases of dreamworks usd tools and pull requests to the usd project
Qualifications/requirements
Good understanding of feature production pipelines and workflows
Good understanding of usd and its usage in feature production pipelines
4+ years of professional python development experience
Software development using linux (or unix derivative)
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Self-motivated and detailed approach to problem solving
Desired characteristics
B.sOr m.sIn computer science, or equivalent degree
4+ year professional vfx/animation pipeline development experience
Good understanding of source control and build tools (git/github, cmake, scons)
Familiarity with commercial animation / vfx tools dcc’s (maya, houdini, etc)
Sub-business
Dreamworks animation technology
Career level
Experienced
City
Glendale
State/province
California
Country
United states
About us
From the award-winning storytellers, artist and innovators at dreamworks animation and dreamworks animation television come the beloved characters and stories that come alive on the big and small screensFrom films like shrek, how to train your dragon and trolls to original tv series including trollhunters, voltron and home: adventures with tip & oh, dreamworks animation continues to bring home the laughter, fun and courage to dream.
Visit www.dreamworksanimation.com to see our latest animated film and television productions.
Dreamworks is a division of nbcuniversalAt nbcuniversal, we believe in the talent of our peopleIt’s our passion and commitment to excellence that drives nbcu’s vast portfolio of brands to succeedFrom broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we representIt’s what makes us uniquely nbcuHere you can create the extraordinaryJoin us.
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