nDreams studio Orbital is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join their team of devs that is pioneering the development of live service games for VR. This is your chance to get involved with both a new team and project right from the start.
Orbital is a fully remote studio that holds creative diversity as a core value. They encourage individuals from all backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, genders and experience levels to apply for this role.?
As an accomplished Senior Tech Artist you will be an expert in technical art and games development allowing you to bridge the gap between art and code to optimize and enhance the content that goes into the studio's games.
You will guide the art team with technical insight and work collaboratively across the project to ensure the ideas are optimal, professionally presented and realized in-game.
Your responsibilities will be...
Champion the tech art requirements for the studio
Mentor the other tech artists on the team through technical guidance and feedback
Improve content creation tools/pipelines based on studios’ current and long-term needs
Create and maintain documentation standards and practices for tools, pipelines, and technical specifications
Analyse and improve art asset inefficiencies and optimize game performance, communicating and reinforcing the technical constraints of the product to the team
Implement technically complex art solutions in game
Create, apply, and evaluate game engine optimisations such as LOD's, culling, compression etc
Help push the project's visual quality through the games rendering, shader, lighting, and visual effects, whilst remaining mindful of performance on each platform
Maintain central tech art resources that can be incorporated into current and future projects
Assess the visual quality in VR and make improvements where necessary to fit technical limitations
Work with a level of self-driven autonomy, whilst reliably and effectively participating in team development
Contribute to other areas of the project when possible, such as shader authoring and 3D content creation
The skills and experience you'll bring to the role...
Experience in developing console, mobile and/or VR hardware, with an understanding of platform limitations, memory, and performance
Strong proficiency in building, implementing, and profiling in Unreal Engine.
Skilled with content creation software, such as Maya, Substance, or Photoshop
Knowledge of art creation pipelines, asset exporting, and process automation
Comprehension of programming languages such as Python and MEL
Experience with graph-based programming, such as Unreal blueprints
A good understanding of modern physically based materials and lighting
A solid grasp of the technical aspects of art creation – for example 3D modelling, rigging, shader authoring, VFX creation, lighting, vertex animation, destruction, and physics
Working knowledge of industry standard project management tools and source control software
Interest in the latest VR technologies and current trends in art content creation
A creative thinker with strong problem-solving abilities and commitment to personal development
Positive and outgoing personality with a can-do attitude and be able to adapt based on feedback
A true team player, able to work collaboratively as a part of a multidiscipline team with the initiative, drive and organization skills to deliver excellent results on time
Comfortable working in an Agile environment and responsive to change in the face of uncertainty
Bonus points on knowing how to set up animations in game using Unreal and having rigging / skinning experience
