Senior Facial Character TD

Insomniac Games is looking for a new Senior Facial Character TD. In this role, the Senior Facial Character TD is responsible for authoring facial rigs from scratch or utilizing a variety of high‑resolution scan data; participating in facial research & development efforts; pioneering and recommending new tools, techniques and technologies for pushing visual boundaries, performance, and efficiency. The role requires a strong understanding of FACS and facial anatomy, as well as cutting‑edge approaches to facial technology.

• Authors high quality photorealistic facial rigs based on FACS using blend shapes
• Authors rigging systems to augment or support blend shape‑based facial rigs
• Authors or contributes to systems/workflows for integrating head and body rigs
• Collaborates with Character Art, Animation, and Engineering teams to deliver the highest quality assets with animator/mocap friendly interfaces that run smoothly in engine
• Contributes to tools for authoring and editing facial rigs (python/pyqt/pyside)
• Contributes to automated tools and workflows for runtime optimization
• Contributes to tools for ingesting 3rd party facial rigs
• Contributes to facial animation systems such as facial solvers and R&D (python/C++/Machine Learning)
• Sculpts FACS (from scratch if necessary) using deformers and/or sculpting tools
• 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
• May be asked to direct actors through FACS during facial acquisitions

United States

Remote job

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