Sony Pictures Imageworks Seeks Senior Software Engineer/Architect, Color Scientist, & More

If you're ready to make a change, please contact us about the following
positions at Sony Pictures Imageworks.  (Just e-mail your resume {PDF, Word,
or HTML format} to swjobs-/[email protected]) Please reference code SIG. We
look forward to hearing from you! -Lisa Kelly, Tech Recruiter

Sr. Software Engineer/Architect, Production Data Management Systems

Lead a small team of software developers and production TD's in the design,
development, and maintenance of a Componentized Production Asset System used
to track the creation and editing of products generated in a digital
production pipeline for visual effects and CG animated films like
"Spider-Man 3," "Open Season," and others. Responsible for gathering
requirements from various productions, developing proper specifications and
project plan, working with the team to design, develop and maintain the
asset system, providing day-to-day management of the team and ensuring clear
communication to the user community during all phases of the project.
Skills: Project management experience, software design experience, C++,
Python, Maya, visual effects and/or CG feature animation production
experience, GUI design. 

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Software Engineer, Production Data Management System

Develop and maintain a Componentized Production Data Management System used
to track the creation and editing of products generated in a digital
production pipeline for visual effects and CG animated films.

The development centers around data management from Maya related products,
but needs to integrate with other packages or software languages.
Development of a robust software testing system and quality assurance
procedures will also be required. Skills: Software QA experience, C++,
Maya/Mel, Python, GUI development, visual effects and/or CG feature
animation production experience, graphics experience. 

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Software Engineer / Render Development

Job focus is on the development and integration of a global illumination
renderer into a Maya centric lighting pipeline.  Experience with GI
rendering in a production environment a plus. Experience in the following
areas highly desired:  C/C++ experience; excellent math skills; ray tracing;
global illumination; sampling algorithms / probability density functions
(PDF); ray differentials / texture filtering; spatial data structures;
subdivision surfaces. 

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Color Scientist

The Color Scientist will be responsible for the maintenance, tracking, and
future development of Imageworks' color pipeline.

Responsibilities:
    * Measure and characterize CRT displays, digital cinema  projection
systems, and film scanning and recording equipment.
    * Develop suite of tools to automate color characterization procedures.
    * Develop library to automate gamut mapping / LUT creation.
    * Develop LUT validation / visualization tools.
    * Troubleshoot color reproduction errors across the facility production
pipeline.

Qualifications:
    * An understanding of colorimetry and gamut mapping techniques.
    * Experience implementing gamut mapping and colorimetry algorithms.
    * Familiarity with C++ / Python.
    * Interest in color reproduction on subtractive media (motion picture
film negative and print).
    * Experience in linear algebra, image processing, and numerical
techniques.
    * Customer-oriented mindset; ability to work under tight deadlines.
    * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent. 

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Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc. is an Academy Award-winning, state-of-the-art
visual effects and character animation company dedicated to the art and
artistry of digital production and character creation. The company has been
recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars
for its work on "Spider-Man 2" and the CG-animated short film "The
ChubbChubbs!," and nominations for "Spider-Man," "Hollow Man," "Stuart
Little" and "Starship Troopers."  Imageworks continues to raise the level in
the visual effects and character animation businesses, becoming a major
force in the industry by providing leading edge technology to its
world-class artists.

Current projects include:  "Zathura," "The Chronicles of Narnia:  The Lion,
The Witch and The Wardrobe," "Superman Returns," "Monster House," "Ghost
Rider" and Sony Pictures Animation's first animated feature, "Open Season."


Imageworks is a division of Sony Pictures Digital, which oversees the
digital production and online entertainment assets of Sony Pictures
Entertainment. Sony Pictures is an EO/AA employer.

For more info on Imageworks (plus additional job listings), go to:

www.imageworks.com





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