[Hiring] Senior Facial Character Technical Director @Insomniac Games

Role Description

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. Insomniac Games is looking for a new Senior Facial Character TD. In this role, the Senior Facial Character TD is responsible for:

• Authoring effective FACS shapes from scratch for human and non-human characters
• Collaborating in developing rigs to support high-fidelity animated facial performances
• Participating in facial research & development efforts

Expected to have an expert understanding of FACS and facial anatomy and cutting-edge approaches to facial technology.

Qualifications

• Expert level understanding of FACS and facial anatomy for cutting edge application to facial animation technology
• Expert proficiency in sculpting FACS shapes using deformers and/or sculpting tools for human and non-human characters
• Expert understanding of facial skeletal and muscle anatomy
• Strong understanding of state-of-the-art approaches to authoring photorealistic faces for film or games
• General understanding of current approaches to facial performance capture & solving
• Passion for achieving highest quality detail through iteration and refinement
• Ability to think outside the box to achieve more realistic solutions or optimize runtime performance
• Passion for collaborating and sharing knowledge across teams

Requirements

• Collaborates with animation, character art, and engineering teams to produce high quality face rigs
• Authors rigging systems to augment or support blendshape-based facial rigs
• Authors high quality photorealistic facial rigs based on FACS using blendshapes
• Contributes to automated tools and workflows for runtime optimization
• Contributes to tools for ingesting 3rd party facial rigs
• Processes and cleans 3D or 4D scan data from FACS sessions
• Keeps up with state-of-the-art approaches to facial rigging for photorealistic characters in film and games
• Has strong understanding of facial shape transfer techniques and ability to implement shape transfer pipelines
• Contributes to tools for authoring and editing facial rigs (python/pyqt/pyside)
• May be asked to direct actors through FACS during facial acquisitions
• May ingest and integrate facial assets from 3rd parties
• May be expected to maintain relationships and provide feedback to external vendors
• Other duties may be assigned

Benefits

• Eligible for benefit offerings that include medical, dental, and vision