Simulation Artist

Touch Surgery ,
London, Greater London
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5 billion people, two-thirds of the worlds population, do not have access to safe and affordable surgical care. As a result, millions go untreated every year causing unnecessary suffering, permanent debilitation, or death. This is all caused by a shortage of surgeons, varying quality of care, rising costs of training surgeons, lack of funding and lack of accessibility to quality surgery. Digital Surgery is on a mission to change this. With our award-winning Touch Surgery application and web platform, it is the dawn of Digital Surgery. Digital Surgery has created a digital data-driven ecosystem that uses cutting-edge technologies like AI, augmented reality and computer vision to modernise surgical training, orchestrate surgical teams in the operating room (OR) and deliver safer surgery around the world. We are looking for a Simulation Artist to come and join our Studio team. As a simulation artist you will be part of our Studio team producing high quality visualisations and simulations, contributing through animation, modeling, compositing, and other CG specialisms. Heres what youll do (not all of it, just the important stuff!): * Production of CG simulations using animation, modeling and compositing for use in client paid surgical simulations * You will work closely with our medical liaison team and anatomists in the production process * Working with designers and developers to further improve the user journey through the simulations. * You will liaise with our authors and clients, including world leading surgeons, to receive and iterate on feedback within the production process. Requirements * Commercial experience in 3D animation, or a good degree and showreel * Skilled in animation / modelling / compositing * Expert use of Maya * Self-motivation * Great communication, organisation and attention to detail * Team-player Additional qualities that would be useful for this role include: * Programming/scripting, especially for 3D applications (python, C++, C#) * Experience of other 3D/2D applications (Mari, Nuke, ZBrush, Adobe Premiere) * Unity experience * Strong organic modelling skills * Traditional art skills * Video editing & photography skills * A thorough understanding of animation pipelines and the processes involved from the conceptual phase to implementation * A proven ability to meet deadlines in a professional environment * An interest in the mechanics of human anatomy, and medicine as a whole * Experience/interest in gaming and interactive applications and/or design * Experience/interest in digital education * Experience/interest in medicine and/or medical animation Benefits Were in a really lucky position to operate like a small team, with all of the benefits of a big company. Following our acquisition by Medtronic in February 2020, our benefits have had an impressive face lift. ; Our benefit package aims to help support your health, build wealth, grow in your career and share in the success of Digital Surgery and Medtronic. We are in the healthcare business and so in order to look after our people we provide: * Private healthcare via AXA PPP - 100 excess * 30 days holiday + 8 bank holidays * Pension scheme (we double your personal contribution of up to 6%, by contributing 12%) * Annual bonus scheme * Annual meal allowance * Life insurance (4 x annual salary*) * Group Income Protection (67% of insured salary payable until pensionable age) * Personal Accident Cover ( 3 x annual salary) * Maternity - 20 weeks full pay + 15% returners bonus * Paternity - 2 weeks full pay * Employee Assistance Programme (support line for counselling, legal or financial advice) Not to mention all of the other bells and whistles such as free daily breakfast, employee recognition programs, cash for referring a friend and a whole host of other wellness benefits. As part of being Family Friendly, we encourage flexible working so you choose when you start and finish. Slack is one of our collaboration tools to help share information on what our teams are doing. You could even join the #coffee_buddies Slack channel to be matched up with someone for a face to face coffee. So whats it like working at Digital Surgery? Part of the Medtronic family we benefit from a small company feel, within the world's leading medical device company. We have 130 people globally, with teams across the UK, US and Canada. The majority are based in our London HQ in Old Street. The company is made up of several teams covering Engineering, Product, Studio, Innovation, Marketing, HR, Operations, Finance and Sales. We care about our employees career and development, offering training internally as well as external courses and attending global conferences. We believe that helping you grow will help our company grow too. We have our Family Meeting on Friday afternoons with beer, wine and cold drinks - its a great chance to meet new joiners, share success stories and hear whats been going on in the company that week. The Office We have a really open plan

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