Team Bondi

Lead Tools Programmer

Team Bondi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:20:10 +0000

Team Bondi is an independent game development company based in Sydney, Australia. Headed up by Brendan McNamara and featuring a team of seasoned games professionals, Team Bondi will produce next-generation console titles.

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are looking for an exceptionally talented Lead Tools Programmer to manage a team of up to 6 Tools Programmers for our existing and future titles.

The Lead Tools Programmer will be responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of the tool chain within the company. This includes Maya exporters, Asset Editors, World building tools and distributed build system.

We are looking for an individual to maintain and grow the production process that involves more than 100 employees: artists, programmers and designers.

Required Experience

5+ years professional experience as a Lead or Senior programmer
Proven track record in developing / designing complete tool chains and production processes
Experience in recruitment and conducting interviews

Required Qualifications

Strong architecture, documentation and design skills
Familiar with Source Control software (SourceSafe, CVS, Perforce)
Expert in C++
Win32 + ATL/WTL experience
Experience with network and distributed programming an advantage

Senior Graphics Programmer

Team Bondi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:18:07 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are looking for a talented and creative Programmer to work on low level GPU code, specifically vertex and fragment shaders.

Required Experience

Written complex high performance Shaders in Cg
Worked with very large and dynamic environments (many permutations of shaders and lights)
Post processing shaders
Experience with modern GPUs (Nvidia G70 or similar Direct X video card a bonus)
PS3 experience an advantage
Shadow mapping experience an advantage

Required Skills

Good C++ experience
Excellent 3D maths skills
Ability to invent original shaders and to creatively adapt standard models for a given set of requirements
Understanding of graphics hardware, pipelines, bottlenecks, state changes and caches
Good Optimisation skills
Original approaches to balance art requirements, quality and performance
Ability to digest research and apply to given situation (not just implement a documented algorithm)
Excellent understanding of lighting equations

Senior Gameplay Programmer

Team Bondi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:16:26 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are looking for a talented programmer to join our Gameplay team, using technology to create next-gen entertainment through player control, world interaction, mission creation, and story integration.

Required Experience

At least one shipped title as Senior Programmer
At least 3 years games industry experience
Extensive collaboration with designers

Required Skills

Excellent C++
Strong architecture, documentation and design skills
Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills
Game mathematics, physics and simulation background an advantage
Advanced animation sequencing and blending an advantage
Pathfinding, AI and NPC behaviours experience an advantage

Lead Animator

Team Bondi — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:34:50 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are currently looking for a talented Lead Animator to manage the Animation pipeline, team and motion capture for the project.

Responsibilities

Leading a team of 12 animation and character artists
Offering guidance and mentoring for junior to senior level animators
Liaising with external mocap facilities in order to deliver data of the highest quality
Scheduling the team
Provide regular feedback for the team from the Game Director
Maintains vision and quality of the team

Required Experience

Proficient with setting up and maintaining animation rigs
High levels of technical competency in both Maya and Motion Builder
Understands the technical limitations of character modelling and animation within a development environment
Experience of animation pipelines within a game development production
Experience of working with in house tools and console development process
Understanding of character pipeline from modelling, rigging and skinning through to animation
Motion Capture Experience, including successful planning and organised mocap shoots
Understands camera principles and cinematic processes

Required Qualification

Accomplished animator with experience of leading a team through at least one AAA title
Excellent problem solver who can focus on detail, while maintaining the whole picture
Ability to work with a range of disciplines including Art, Programming, Design and Production

Animator

Team Bondi — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:09:32 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are looking for a talented 3D Animator with experience in both keyframed and motion capture pipelines to join our Team to work on the upcoming next-generation console title L.A. Noire.

This position is on contract for a period of 6 months.

Required Experience

Proven ability in at least one game development production seen through to completion
Thorough understanding of animation pipelines within games development
A very good eye for detail and quality
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work in a creative and collaborative environment
A passion for creating and playing video games
Commitment to personal and peer development and sharing best practices

Required Qualification

Extensive knowledge of both keyframe and mocap production pipelines
Ability to animate realistic characters and bring performances to life
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of all the principles of animation
A thorough understanding of weight and timing in realistic motion contexts
Experience in cutscene work a bonus
Extensive knowledge of both Maya and Motion Builder

If you are a strong Junior, and would like to be considered for a junior position, please also drop us a line.

Animation Expansion

Team Bondi — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:32:14 +0000

We’re looking to expand our Animation Team to cope with the final production phase of L.A. Noire. This includes the in-game cut-scenes, story cut-scenes, reviewing and cleaning up the animations for the in-game mechanics and supervising capture for the new facial animation technology which has been developed in conjunction with this project.

Animation Positions

If you would like to be considered for an Animation position, and think you can take on the challenge, please drop us a line. We look forward to hearing from you.

Graduate Junior Artists

Team Bondi — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:58:43 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

The Graduate Junior Artists position will be contracted for 7 months to work on the final part of the Art production process.

At the end of the project you will have production experience on a finished title. In addition, there will be an opportunity for those who perform well to be offered a permanent contracts.

All applications must submit a show reel.

Responsibilities

The majority of the work will be dressing and placing objects in the world with pre-made and modelled objects
The artists will be responsible for placing buildings and populating the world and the vista areas
The artists will place the navigation system for the player throughout the world
There is limited texturing and modelling involved in this position
A passion for creating and playing video games

Required Qualifications

A recognised art qualification
High quality reel

Required Skills

Good use of Maya
Good sense of artistic dressing
Keen and eager

Artists

Team Bondi — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:38:01 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are looking for a talented 3D artists to join our Art Team to work on an upcoming next generation console titles.

Required Experience

Demonstrate techniques in modeling for both subdivision and texturing
A good eye for detail and quality
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work in a creative and collaborative environment
A passion for creating and playing video games

Required Qualifications

A recognised art qualification
Technical ability in the games industry, production or feature film experience
Good knowledge of modeling and texturing
High quality reel

Required Skills

Work independently and or in a designated sub-team, producing art assets to the standard as required
Complete assigned tasks within allocated time
Assist in developing and documentation of new production guidelines where required
Work and liaise with other department/colleagues where required to complete and or resolve art tasks
Research and reference collation including on-site photo-shoot locally and or abroad where required
Perform software or tool application evaluation task where required
Maintain strong communication link with the rest of the art team on operational issues
Assist in familiarising new Artists to the Art production pipelines
Participate in postmortems and other reviews to identify problems and potential solutions

Senior Game Designer

Team Bondi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:27:04 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and talented Senior Game Designer on a design-led, high profile next-generation console title. Team Bondi offers excellent opportunities for those wishing to work in a team atmosphere with a staff of respected veteran engineers on an original IP project. Successful candidates will report directly to the Lead Designer.

Required Experience

Minimum 4 years design experience
Credited Senior Designer, having shipped at least 2 AAA, X-Box or PS2 Action/Adventure titles
Team management experience
Experience with 3D software preferably with Maya
Experience of sandbox style game-play
Have a sound knowledge of AI constraints and design fundamentals

Required Qualifications

A bachelor of arts degree in arts or product design or have overwhelming game design experience
Understanding of basic programming or scripting languages is a plus

Required Skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Able to focus and work without micro-management
Ability to take direction and accept critical review of your work
Clear understanding and appreciation of schedules and milestones
A passion for and broad knowledge of console games with an ability to critically analyse them

Character Modeller

Team Bondi — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:45:24 +0000

We are offering a quality salary and lifestyle package to the right individuals.

We are looking for an experienced and talented character modeller to join our Character Team to work on an upcoming next-generation console title.

Due to limited places available, we are currently looking for experienced candidates with at least one completed title to their credit.

Required Experience

Proven ability in at least one games development production seen through to completion
Understanding of the limitations within real-time engines and working out solutions for the best results
Good knowledge of basic properties of fabric to create realistic clothing and deformation on models
A very good eye for detail and quality
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work in a creative and collaborative environment
A passion for creating and playing video games
Commitment to personal and peer development and sharing best practices

Required Skills

Extensive knowledge of character production within a games pipeline
Thorough understanding of texturing and UVing to maximise space
Ability to model characters for deformation with a good understanding of edge loops
Skinning of complex, layered geometry to deform realistically
Creating and editing complex Set Driven Keys on joints to help with deformation of geometry
Thorough understanding of normal maps both in generation and editing
Demonstrate the ability to model realistic and believable characters