PH-Media and Art Pipeline Developer

"We create happiness.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help inspire that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits of entertainment and create the never-before-seen!
Walt Disney Imagineering is the master planning, creative development, design, engineering, production, project management, and research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company. Its talented corps of Imagineers is responsible for the creation - from concept initiation through installation - of all Disney Resorts, theme parks and attractions, real estate developments, regional entertainment venues, and new media projects.
The Walt Disney Imagineering Technology Studio Art & Media Pipeline team is looking for a developer to assist with programming tasks and technical responsibilities of the group. The Technology Studio is a group of technologists working within Imagineering to create and deploy software and software/hardware integration tools to help increase the capabilities of Imagineering art and design practice. Responsibilities

• Digital pipeline tools development for 3D content creation including theme-park visualizations, animated animatronic animations, ride vehicles, simulated projectors, and other dynamic show elements
• Troubleshooting and supporting previously built software products and/or proof-of-concepts
• Engaging designers and artists to better support them and gather new requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Candidate should be a proficient programmer in both higher-level scripting languages such as Python and lower-level compiled languages such as C/C++
• Be a strong communicator (written and spoken)
• Ability to learn new APIs and SDKs quickly
• Autodesk Maya and/or MotionBuilder scripting and API (C++/Python/MEL) development experience
• Strong 3D math skills and computer graphics programming experience (OpenGL/DirectX)
• Game engine development (game logic, plugin, core engine) experience
• Understanding of digital art pipeline for VFX and/or video games
• Knowledge of commercial software applications including:
  • Game engines (Unreal, Unity, Panda3D, etc.)
  • 3D content creation software (Autodesk Maya, MotionBuilder, SolidWorks, etc.)
• Experience working with computer hardware and input devices

Preferred Qualifications

• Virtual Reality experience in both content development and/or systems development
• UI/UX prototyping or programming experience and/or tools (PyQt, Qt, Wx, CSS)
• Knowledge of 2D content creation software (Adobe Creative Suite, Nuke, etc.)
• Shader programming experience (GLSL/HLSL/Cg)
• 3D Animation rigging experience
• Web programming (HTML5/CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Django)
• Computer Vision experience
• Robotics programming experience

Required Education Must possess bachelor degree preferably in some computer graphics or engineering related field or equivalent Additional InformationTo learn about the innovative work our Imagineers do, check out the following videos:
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