Master Houdini FX simulations at Pitch Black, creating fire, destruction, fluids, and volumetrics for complex sequences. Collaborate across global teams.

This FX Artist role suits professionals with significant VFX production experience and expert Houdini skills. You will create hero-level work, develop procedural workflows, and build tools for production teams. The position combines technical problem-solving, scripting, and creative collaboration across disciplines and time zones.

Key Responsibilities

Create fire, explosions, destruction, fluids, and environmental effects

Deliver hero-level FX across complex multi-element sequences

Develop reusable Houdini templates and procedural workflows

Build tools improving simulation efficiency and artist workflows

Collaborate with Supervisors, HoDs, and global teams

Requirements

Significant qualified VFX production experience focused on FX

Expert-level Houdini experience

Strong particle, destruction, volumetric, and fluid simulation knowledge

Strong VEX, Python, and MEL scripting skills

Advanced Maya knowledge

Bring expert Houdini, simulation, and scripting capabilities to Pitch Black’s hero-level FX production and procedural workflow development.

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