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Senior Character FX TD

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play —it’s also the Best Place to Work. We’ve thrilled gamers since 1994, when we launched the original PlayStation. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Sony Bend Studio, world-class creator of Days Gone, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and Syphon Filter, is seeking outstanding talent to join our passionate and creative family in crafting our next high-profile AAA console title.

Living in Bend means saying goodbye to gridlock, concrete, and pollution. Use your Extra Life to shred at Mt. Bachelor, drag a line in the Deschutes River, hike in the wild, or perfect your game. Plug into adventure and community!

We are seeking a Technical Artist who will contribute to the artistic vision and development of a AAA product with a specialized focus on creating character FX assets, art tools, techniques, and processes for game development.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up and implementing cloth, hair and muscle simulations on character, prop and environment assets.
• Tasked with providing technical animation support; which includes running simulations, cleaning up deformations and setting up “one-off” rig assets.
• Collaborate with Rigging and Animation teams to build efficient and realistic physically-based simulations for cinematics and gameplay.
• Develop and maintain tools to assist in the creation of character animation and simulation.
• Help to develop, maintain and streamline the Character FX and Animation pipelines.

Requirements:

• Expert understanding of Python.
• Expert understanding of Maya.
• Extensive portfolio with examples of current, hands-on work; including cinematic quality character FX.
• Experience with developing tools, scripts and plug-ins to help streamline character FX workflow.
• Experience in the film and/or game industry doing character FX production (cloth, hair and/or muscle simulation).

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge of Maya API.
• Experience working with Houdini.
• Understanding of C++

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