Simulation Pipeline Technical Artist, Special Projects

What you'll do

• Develop pipelines and generation tools for 3D assets used in world simulations.
• Implement video game and film techniques to optimize asset quality and size for various use-cases.
• Build tools and systems that enable procedural and agentic systems to utilize assets.
• Create tools that improve artist workflow efficiency and effectiveness.
• Integrate new material generation techniques into the existing production pipeline.
• Manage the asset library by establishing and enforcing standards for human and agentic use.
• Develop techniques to generate new content and scale asset libraries with high variation.

What we're looking for

• At least 5 years of experience as a Technical Artist in video games, animation, and/or VFX.
• Strong Python skills for data creation and manipulation.
• Experience building pipelines and processes to generate images and outputs by marshaling data through multiple DCCs with custom code.
• Strong experience with USD format, tools, and APIs.
• Experienced Maya user.
• Experience with Maya, Houdini, or other DCC programming APIs.
• Proven track record of innovating new tools and techniques to speed up artist workflow and efficiency.
• Strong understanding of shading, lighting, texturing, and materials.
• Strong familiarity with digital sculpting, modeling, and command of mesh topology (preferred).
• Experience with lighting, especially procedural systems (preferred).
• Experience creating shaders (preferred).
• Experience with procedural materials, Substance Designer, or similar (preferred).
• C++ programming experience (preferred).