The Senior Houdini FX Artist is responsible for developing complex FX setups and simulations while supporting the FX team with technical troubleshooting, mentoring, and look development.

Requirements

Duties

- Hero FX Work: Deliver high-complexity FX setups across shots and sequences

- Lookdev: Ability to understand the brief and define FX visual style and iterate quickly based on feedback

- Collaboration: Liaise with lighting, comp, layout, and CFX to align FX with shot needs

- Technical Oversight: Ensure setups are effective, consistent, scalable, and pipeline-friendly. Deliver visually impactful and technically sound FX at scale

- Quality: Set the standard for quality and problem-solving in the FX team

- Mentorship: Provide support and review feedback for mid and junior artists. Support the team in elevating both output and efficiency

- Scene Hygiene: Maintain clean networks, version control, and caching standards

- Communication: Keep the team updated on progress and flag blockers early

- Feedback: Be open to feedback and work iteratively to reach final quality

- Problem-Solving:



Strong technical ability to debug scene/cache issues such as simulation behaviour, collision or attributes.

- Workflow Contribution: Share techniques and suggest pipeline or tool improvements

Skills, attributes and experience:

- Expert in Houdini pyro, destruction, particles, Vellum, and other solvers

- Strong technical skill in simulation control, caching, and proceduralism

- Proficient in rendering and preparing FX for lighting and comp

- Experience with USD FX publishing or referencing

- VEX scripting or Python for custom tools and setups

- Understanding of FX-driven workflows in creature or environment scenes

- Proficient in Maya, ZBrush, Mari, Substance Painter, and Arnold or equivalent

- Solid understanding of modeling, UVs, texturing, and shading

- Working knowledge of rendering, lighting, and asset publishing

- Familiarity with USD workflows

- Maya, Houdini, Nuke experience is a must

- Basic scripting or tool awareness

- Excellent communicator, sharing information clearly and actively listening

📌 Senior FX Artist (Bengaluru)
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