Technical Director PaFX (Houdini)

Job Summary

The Procedural Asset and FX Technical Director is a Houdini TD responsible for supporting all teams that use Sidefx Houdini. They work with the front‑end assets team, such as Surfacing and Modelling, and also back‑end shot‑based teams: Fx, Character‑fx, Crowds, and Matte Painting. They provide technical direction, troubleshoot pipelines, support artists, and develop tools to enable high‑quality technical outcomes across global production.

What You’ll Do

• Provide technical expertise and guidance for Houdini and USD technology for the departments they support.
• Understand the visual requirements for productions and propose new technologies or design procedures, techniques, and tools to ensure those needs are met.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance for technology within the PAFX department.
• Participate in or lead the direction, evolution and maintenance of technology within the PAFX department.
• Design,...