Senior Graphics Engineer

Description

Big Stage Entertainment, Inc. is a media technology company that enables the projection of self into digital life. With Big Stage Entertainment products and services, consumers can create a photorealistic, 3-D, animated @ctor to represent themselves in virtual worlds, video games, video clips and online communities. Through its PortableYou program, Big Stage Entertainment enables third parties to seamlessly integrate its 3-D facial modeling system into video games, virtual worlds, Web sites, mobile apps, kiosk-based systems and more to personalize everything from entertainment to communications. Headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA, Big Stage Entertainment Big Stage was recently honored by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s top 20 Most Promising Companies.

We are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Graphics Engineer to join our engineering team, reporting to our Chief Scientist

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and developing algorithms spanning all aspects of the Big Stage avatar platform, including:
o Face/Head geometry and texture processing
o Avatar rendering and animation systems
o Model format conversion

• Architecting and developing systems to expand the Big Stage avatar platform, including:
o Advanced rendering and animation systems
o Intelligent character creation
o Intelligent behavioral systems

• Researching and prototyping novel algorithms for face synthesis and avatar generation

• Interfacing with art production team to plan and realize project goals

• Assisting in development estimation and planning of related projects

• Supporting clients utilizing the Big Stage avatar platform