Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Technical Artist to join our tech art team. The ideal candidate for this position would be someone who is a well rounded tech artist with experience in rigging, shaders, tools authoring and general troubleshooting. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with character modelers and animators to determine the best rig setup for the animation teams
• Assist in developing efficiency and quality improvements to the rigging tools and pipeline
• Help to monitor and ensure the quality of rigs being sent to the animation department
• Rigging and skinning characters
• Develop custom shaders in Unreal and Unity game engines
• Write plugins and tools to improve efficiency in the art pipelines
• General trouble-shooting to help the other art disciplines

Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of rigging in general
• Experience with rigging non-standard characters with unusual body shapes
• Experience in complex facial rigging for cinematics is a plus
• Strong communication skills
• Expert knowledge of Unity and Unreal game engines
• Expert knowledge of Maya and it's rigging tools
• Proficiency in developing custom shaders in Unreal and Unity
• Great attention to detail
• Self motivated
• Good problem solving skills
• And a passion for making games!

Additional Information

This position has the option to be done remotely, or in person in our office in Valencia, California.