Technical Artist

Company: Jobot
Location: Citrus Heights
Posted on: November 18, 2022

Job Description:

Technical Art Professional Needed / $$$ / 100% Remote
This Jobot Job is hosted by Michael Oktay
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Salary $70,000 - $100,000 per year
A Bit About Us
Based in Valencia, CA, we are a Computer Game company that has developed over 120 retail games over our 30 year history.

Why join us?

100% Remote
Competitive Compensation
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Opportunity to help create new and amazing games
Job Details
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 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
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