- Company
- Pixar
- Location
- Emeryville, CA
- Added on
- 09/02/2010
- Keywords
- c c-plus-plus research
About the Company:
Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation.
To date, the studio has earned twenty-two Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements and has made $5.5 billion worldwide. It is one of the most critically acclaimed film studios of all time. It is best known for its CGI-animated feature films which are created with PhotoRealistic RenderMan, its own implementation of the industry-standard Renderman image-rendering API used to generate high-quality images.
The ideal candidate:
Responsibilities
- Assist in the development, prototyping, and testing of new computer graphics algorithms
- Participation in transfer of new technology to rest of the studio
Qualifications
- Excellence in problem solving
- Strong math and computer graphics experience
- Strong communication skills
- Strong software engineering skills with expertise in C and C++
- BS degree or higher
- 1+ years of research experience desirable
- Ability to work well with a wide range of personality types
Job Description and responsibilities:
This is a position in the Research Group within the Studio Tools Department at Pixar to assist in the creation, implementation and transfer of new technology related to computer graphics film making. The position requires a deep understanding of mathematical algorithms, an ability to collaborate in small to medium sized groups consisting of world-class computer graphics researchers, and skill in rapidly implementing and testing new algorithms.
- Please note that this will initially be a 1 year position. *
To apply:
Visit our careers page and look for Job 10142.