Technical Lighter (All Levels) - ILM London

Technical Lighter (All Levels) – ILM London We are looking for a Technical Lighter who reflects the innovative spirit, creative talent, production excellence, collaborative mindset, and passion for great filmmaking that define ILM. The successful candidate will be responsible for working within the lighting department to ensure the department\’s renders are efficient and optimized, and to assist lighting TDs with debugging problematic scenes. The Tech Lighter works closely with the local HoD of lighting, lighting leads/supervisors, and lighting ATL, interfacing with DRM/TAs, PipeTDs, and lighting engineering. They will work across shows, responding to specific requests and proactively identifying problematic renders early in the show lifecycle. What You’ll Do: Profile and optimize inefficient renders on local projects, including memory usage and render time across Katana and RIS, communicating with leads/supervisors for involvement of other departments when needed. Assist in debugging lighting setup issues, triage flagged problems, create repros, submit and monitor JIRA tickets, and escalate when necessary. Monitor the render farm for high-resource renders, providing feedback to artists and leads/supervisors. Report performance trends to the Local HoD of lighting. Collaborate with DRM/TAs to investigate and resolve problematic renders proactively. Assist the lighting team with asset/environment render setup sanitization and optimization, sequence setup, and documentation/training on profiling, optimization, and debugging processes. Identify and prototype tools to improve rendering efficiency and reliability. What We’re Looking For: Experience with Katana & RIS. Familiarity with Python/OpScript. Experience in lighting. Proactive problem-solving skills. Good organization and communication skills. Experience with debugging and profiling/optimization. Understanding of path tracing renderers fundamentals. Basic knowledge of Houdini is beneficial. Knowledge of USD is a bonus. This role is Hybrid, requiring a minimum of 2 days on-site per week at a designated location, with occasional remote work. Join ILM About The Walt Disney Company: Specify Locations Local #J-18808-Ljbffr