Rigging/Animation Software Dev Intern

Location: 580 George Street,Level 32, Sydney, Australia

Intern

Business Segment: Filmed Entertainment Group

Company Description

DreamWorks Animation is looking for an intern to join the Production Software Rigging and Animation, development team. This team is responsible for Premo – the company’s award-winning, proprietary character animation and rigging tool.

Interns will work closely with our world-class artists and top engineers in this field. Some of our engineers themselves started as interns at DreamWorks and are now leading efforts that are recognized industry-wide.

The Internship

The Australian NBCUniversal Internship Program is a 9-month program running between March and Dec 2024, which provides real-world work experience, networking opportunities, a structured learning & development program and exposure to one of the world’s leading media companies.

Each year we recruit interns to join us across our local businesses. NBCUniversal is committed to developing early career talent and we remain focused on helping our interns realise their potential. Our interns contribute to our business and provide new perspectives and fresh ideas. Our interns are enthusiastic, creative and savvy.

They shape the way we do things here. Here you can contribute as content creators, problem solvers & innovators. Here you can learn the power and possibilities of media and technology. Here you can go far.

We are looking for someone three days a week that can work around university commitments..

The internship runs from March 2024 until Dec 2024

Job Description

1. Work with technical leadership to design, build, and support new and existing capabilities and techniques related to character animation and rigging in a large-scale application.
2. Closely interact with animators and character riggers to help improve their workflows.
3. Develop clean, maintainable, and documented solutions
4. Develop thorough unit tests to validate solutions
5. Collaborate with Pipeline and Microservice teams to ensure data flows in and out of the application correctly and efficiently
6. Work in a collaborative environment and develop problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• Majoring in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong interest in animation and passion for how technology and art work together
• C/C++ experience
• Attention to detail and strong communication skills

Desired Characteristics:

1. Qt experience
2. Python experience
3. OpenGL experience
4. Ability to work within a Linux environment

Additional Information

Please include a detailed cover letter outlining why you would like to work for Dreamworks and what you feel you would bring to this role.

NBCUniversal’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.

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