Summary:

• Build, maintain, and improve C++ software to facilitate research within the graphics research group.
• Employ working knowledge of 3D, and utilize a state-of-the-art procedural graph execution system to implement efficient animation and simulation, contributing to research in this area.
• Collaborate on high- and low-level system design aspects. Integrate and build code in a cross-repository setup.

Preferred

• Experience working directly on any of the following within a game engine or film environment: Skinning, Blend shapes, Simulation of hair and/or clothing
• Experience worked with levels of detail
• Raytracing/off-line rendering or global illumination experience
• Experience with NVIDIA OptiX.
• Experience with Intel Embree.
• Experience with parallel computation platforms like CUDA, OpenCL, or Vulkan Compute.
• Expertise with Houdini, Maya, or Blender

Must-have HARD skills:

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related field
• 2+ years doing research and/or working in R&D
• 3+ years of experience developing in C++
• 2+ years designing and implementing systems for animation, simulation, and/or geometry manipulation
• Hands on experience working with scene storage formats/APIs such as USD, Alembic, glTF, or FBX