Technical Artist
We love creating a large amount of highly stylized art and in-game assets; it’s vital to have a Technical Artist that can act as a bridge between artists and programmers to own the pipeline and push us to our maximum potential to realize the full beauty of our current and future projects!
Responsibilities + Attributes
Co-develop tools that support and empower our artists and designers
Help to build, customize, streamline and maintain our art pipeline
Able to show technical proficiency in areas such as lighting and rendering, texturing, materials and graphics-related programming languages such as shaders
Think creatively to resolve technical challenges and limitations
Use your working knowledge of console hardware architecture to apply techniques for optimization
Skills + Experience
Highly proficient with Maya and all relevant tools
Fair grasp of modeling, texturing, rigging, animating, scripting
Ample Pymel scripting experience
Excellent organisational skills
Built import/export pipelines for artists on at least one (preferably shipped) game
Great to have: Experience with Houdini and other procedural generation tools
Bonus: Zbrush and VFX capabilities
Heart Machine Offers*
Competitive pay through bonus structures
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401k
Paid vacation, holiday and sick time with flexibility in timing
Paid parental leave
Flexibility in work location(s)
To Apply
Send your application to jobs@heart-machine.com with the title "Technical Artist".
Please include specific skills you would bring to a new project, as well as any links to current and/or past projects.
We are supportive of a diverse workforce and strive for inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, criminal history, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
*Benefits and perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Heart Machine and country in which you work.