# Hudson N.

> Software Engineer at Pixar Animation Studios

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hudsonn

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Pixar Animation Studios
Jan 2025 – Present | Emeryville, California, United States
• Software R&D, Applications - Animation

### Associate Core Tech Engineer @ ProbablyMonsters
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Greater Seattle Area
• Hidden Grove - Graphics performance testing, analysis, and optimization

### Graduate R&D Intern @ Industrial Light & Magic
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Virtual Production/StageCraft Development Team - UI/UX and Rendering

### Gameplay Programmer @ Try Again Game
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
• Identified AI bugs in state machine-based system and resolved unintended behaviors
• Developed pathing system based on bezier curves to allow designers to smoothly guide NPC movement

### Software Developer @ USC Information Technology Services (ITS)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
• Built prototype for interactable campus to visualize data of various types for both public and internal use
• Created scripts to automate configuration file generation for classroom technology
• Automated Crestron device maintenance through PowerShell scripts and Crestron EDK
• Added features to classroom touch panels used to control devices remotely in ReactJS

### Student Technical Assistant @ USC Information Technology Services (ITS)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area

### XR Programmer @ Playbook
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
• Created plugin for Figma to export wireframe elements into JSON format and develop 3D viewer to preview designs in XR environment
• Streamed Figma API data into VR application to replicate UI elements from wireframe to in-app
• Developed solutions for runtime instantiation of 3D file formats (i.e. GLTF, OBJ) into an interactable component

### PrimeEngine - Engine Programmer @ USC Games
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
• Optimized GPU computing load through frustum culling support, increasing rendered frames per second by 30%
• Wrote physics system to support OBB collision, gravity, impulse forces, and bounce simulation
• Created new mesh manipulation effects, including wind simulation, through vertex shaders

### Impasto - Gameplay Programmer @ USC Games
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
• Implemented player controls for responsive movement and VFX for environment and items
• Created scripts for interactable objects and integrated them into an inventory system
• Improved JSAM audio system with added functions to simplify in-game implementation for audio designers

### Xenosis Alpha - Gameplay Programmer @ USC Games
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
• Refactored pre-existing codebase to enhance usability and simplified function designs
• Implemented enemy animations and created a map system for player navigation


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
University of Southern California

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering and Computer Science
University of Southern California


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hudson-n
- Portfolio: https://www.thehudson.dev

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Last updated: 2026-04-11