Technical Director PaFX (Houdini)
Location
vancouver, bc
Job Type
Full-time
Category
IT & Technology
Posted
June 18, 2026
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, develop, review and write well‑maintainable, producti...
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, develop, review and write well‑maintainable, producti...