Forging alternate worlds that deepen players’ lives.
Technical Artist – Environment
Location
Canada
Posted
58 days ago
Salary
$45 - $60 / hour
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Technical Artist – Environment
Singularity 6
• Implement resource optimization strategies by identifying performance bottlenecks and deploying solutions for 3D assets, materials, foliage and environment systems. • Support and refine housing/player-structure setup workflows to enable the creation of modular, customizable and high-performance player spaces. • Advocate for and evolve material creation and maintenance processes. Ensure materials are performant, scalable and easy for artists to use. • Develop and maintain vegetation pipelines, including SpeedTree integration, vegetation placement and optimization. • Use Houdini for procedural content creation. • Contribute to the design and support of procedural world-map generation, including layout systems, rule sets and integration with Unreal's world-building tools. • Provide hands-on technical support to artists by resolving integration, workflow and performance issues. • Mentor and train artists on tools, materials and best practices. Promote technical excellence and long-term scalability. • Participate in planning and reviews, representing technical aspects and contributing to the project's overall world-building strategy.
Job Requirements
- You have shipped at least one game or product developed with Unreal Engine as an environment technical artist.
- You are experienced in managing complex environment systems such as material graphs, foliage, procedural tools or world-creation workflows.
- You excel at creating procedurally generated content using Houdini or other PCG tools.
- You can diagnose and resolve performance and scalability issues in large-scale environments.
- You are proactive, organized and comfortable dealing with production unpredictability.
- You enjoy helping other artists, unblocking teams and improving workflows through well-designed tools.
- You are curious and continuously learning, particularly in procedural content creation and technical art workflows.
Benefits
- Remote work allowed in Canada (eligible province: Québec)
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