RenderMan Engineer at PIXAR

Location: Emeryville, CA

Job Descrption:
Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to develop computer-animated feature and short films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages.
Pixar has created eight of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and most recently Ratatouille. The studio has won 20 Academy Awards® and its eight films have grossed more than $3.4 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern California studio's next film release is WALL-E (June 27, 2008).

Summary of Position:
The RenderMan Products Group is responsible for the development and support of Pixar¿s world-renowned rendering software. A RenderMan Pipeline Engineer is responsible for the development and maintenance of software associated with the integration of our core RenderMan software into the production pipelines of film and video production facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain existing RenderMan pipeline tools: Slim, RenderMan Studio
• Develop new tools to facilitate use of RenderMan and ancillary tools in production pipelines
• Document RenderMan pipelining philosophies, strategies and techniques
• Perform Standard Product Development & Maintenance Chores

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Deep understanding of RenderMan, Shading Language and its use in film production pipelines
• 3 years experience working in film production pipeline
• Deep understanding of C++, TCL, Python, Perl, Applications and GUI Frameworks
• Deep understanding of Unix & Windows Process Management, Interprocess Communication
• Systems Programming Experience with Windows, Macintosh and Linux
• Knowledge of 3-D computer graphics: RenderMan, OpenGL
• Experience with popular modeling and animation packages: Maya, XSI, 3dMax
• Experience with website management tools: HTML, php, SQL
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Willingness to take initiative and resolve problems
• Ability to work in all levels of the organization
• Ability to work well independently within a fast paced, dynamic, deadline oriented environment
• Must be customer service oriented

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