Senior Technical Artist (Lookdev)
Senior Technical Artist (Lookdev)
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Job Description
WHAT MAKES US EPIC
At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
PROGRAMMING - UNREAL ENGINE
What We Do
Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of programming experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.
What Youll Do
We are looking for a Senior Technical Artist (Lookdev) to join the MetaHuman art team. This is an opportunity to work alongside our talented team of artists programmers and researchers to push our character technology particularly around materials lighting and rendering. As part of this team you play an important role in supporting our existing product and future-facing character technology. You will be responsible for supporting the Technical Art team in ensuring MetaHuman content continually improves visual fidelity and remains scalable and optimized for target platforms. The ideal candidate would be proactive experienced in real-time rendering and photorealistic look development and passionate about collaborating with researchers and programmers to develop our character technology.
In this role you will
- Work closely with Art and Programming teams to deliver high-quality optimized content for target platforms
- Collaborate with programmers to profile digital character technology on target platforms and help define art budgets
- Support R&D initiatives centered around digital characters
- Drive improvements in the visual fidelity of MetaHumans
What were looking for
- A strong reel/portfolio demonstrating photorealistic character lookdev and authoring content suitable for real-time rendering
- Deep understanding of physically based rendering and photorealistic character look-development workflows
- Self-motivated and proactive in looking for ways to improve the product and push for future technology
- 5 years of experience using Unreal Engine and working in a game dev environment
- Experience with DCCs such as Substance Houdini Maya
- Proficient with creating content optimized for real-time rendering
- Confident with scripting languages such as Python
This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (including CA NYC & WA).
Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors which include (but arent limited to) things such as skills and competencies qualifications knowledge and experience. In addition to base pay most employees are eligible to participate in Epics generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity interactive experiences for PC console mobile and VR it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment automotive and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e. a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
