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Animation Technician Intern - Summer 2025

The Walt Disney Company

California, United States (On-site)

Animation Technician Intern - Summer 2025

1 Month ago • Upto 1 Years • Animation • Undisclosed

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Job Description

This Animation Technician internship offers hands-on experience assisting in the production of an animated feature film. Interns will collaborate with the Animation Technician Team to develop and maintain production-specific programs supporting animation character rigs. Responsibilities include assessing and resolving technical issues related to character rigs, ensuring performance specifications are met, providing technical support to animators, maintaining and improving existing programs, and creating related documentation. The ideal candidate possesses strong coding and scripting skills, problem-solving abilities, excellent communication, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

Must have:

Proficiency in Python or other scripting languages
Problem-solving skills
Excellent communication
Collaborative work style
Familiarity with 3D software (Houdini, Maya, Katana, RenderMan etc.)

Good to have:

C/C++ programming experience
Unix/Linux system experience

Job Summary:

An Animation Technician internship consists of real-world work assisting in the production of an animated feature film. Our interns work with our Animation Technician Team to write production-specific programs that support animation character rigs through the creative process. We are looking for students who possess strong coding and scripting skills, a knack for problem solving and customer service, and work well in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:

Work with Tech Leads to assess, diagnose and fix technical issues specific to the character rigs being used by character animators in production
Ensure that the result functions in accordance with performance specifications including, where applicable, user interface and robustness. Review and revise as instructed
Provide technical support to character animators
Maintain and improve completed results
Produce author-related documentation

Qualifications:

Proficiency in Python or other scripting languages.
Desire to work in a collaborative, fluid environment with tasks that frequently change
Well-developed communication skills allowing for smooth, results-oriented interactions with different personalities and levels of capability
Familiarity with 3D software pkgs like Houdini, Maya, Katana, RenderMan, etc
Programming experience in C/C++ helpful to have
Experience in Unix/Linux systems
You are available to work full-time Mon 6.2.25 - Fri 8.22.25
You already possess the legal right to work in the United States

Eligibility:

Traditional Academic Paths:

Minimally a junior in college working towards a bachelors or masters in computer science, computer engineering, computer graphics, digital art or a related field
Recent grads within the first year after graduation are eligible to apply

Less Traditional Professional Paths:

Career Transition: Those with a minimum of 5 years post-college graduation and whose professional experiences in a work/academic environment differ vastly from animation, VFX, gaming, and other computer graphics-focused industries
Armed Forces: Those who have served in the armed forces and are in a retraining program
Home Schooled: Those who are self-taught via an alternative educational path

Visa Sponsorship:

Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor student/intern visas at this time.

Submission Process and Application Materials: (Please Read Carefully):

Attach a single PDF file containing your cover letter and your resume.
In submitting your application, you are agreeing to the terms of our Submission Release Form. Without this, we are unable to consider your application.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, February 2, 2025

The pay rate for this internship in Emeryville is $25.00 per hour.

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