Product Engineer - 3D, Contract - Unreal Engine

3 Months ago • All levels

3D Art

Job Description

This contract role focuses on the entire 3D production pipeline, from CAD intake to high-fidelity renders, with a strong emphasis on Unreal Engine. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in various 3D platforms and a deep understanding of Unreal Engine's visual development and technical capabilities to optimize production. Responsibilities include articulating creative direction, overseeing 3D visual development, and conducting technical and quality audits to ensure exceptional, photorealistic cinematic renderings. Collaboration with creative teams, 3D Artists, UE Artists, and UE Developers is essential to navigate technical complexities and drive real-time production sessions. The role involves processing CAD files, optimizing textures, modeling, texturing, animating within Unreal Engine, managing variations, and performing fidelity evaluations.

Good To Have:

Experience with environments for automotive

Must Have:

Expertise in Unreal Engine 5
Experience with Maya, Cinema 4D, SolidWorks, Rhino, or AutoCAD
Knowledge of high-end rendering pipelines (Arnold, Redshift)
Strong understanding of film, real-time development, virtual production
Proficiency with post-production and VFX pipelines
In-depth knowledge of 3D and Unreal Engine best practices
Experience leading 3D project teams
Ability to intake and process CAD/FBX files for Unreal Engine
Ability to optimize textures and materials
Ability to model, texture, and animate in Unreal Engine
Ability to blueprint complex rigging and animations
Ability to manage complex product/environment variations
Ability to animate and blueprint virtual cameras
Ability to perform fidelity evaluations
Ability to provide constructive feedback to 3D artists
Ability to eliminate technical constraints
Ability to optimize 3D pipeline
Ability to direct creative ideation and real-time production

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This role involves working within the entire 3D production pipeline, from CAD/intake to high-fidelity 3D renders. The role demands expertise in various 3D platforms and in-depth knowledge of Unreal Engine visual development tracks and technical capabilities, enabling production optimization. The 3D Artist must navigate the technical complexities of 3D development and real-time high-end cinematic rendering, necessitating regular collaboration with the creative team, 3D Artists, UE Artists, and UE Developers. Additionally, the role entails conducting technical and quality audits of the 3D production process, focusing on high-end photorealistic renderings.

The primary responsibilities include articulating creative and art direction, overseeing 3D Visual Development, and conducting technical and quality audits throughout the 3D production process. The main objective is delivering exceptional, photorealistic, high-end cinematic renderings. Collaboration between 3D and Art Directors is crucial for shaping initial concepts and ideas to align with client objectives. This role plays a key part in real-time production sessions.

Please note this is a contract role that runs until 12/31/25 and is not a mechanical engineer or computer science related role.

You will:

Intake and process complex CAD and/or FBX files for final use in Unreal Engine
Scope and direct 3D ingest efforts when preparing files for Unreal Engine
Identify and correct geometry and texture mapping issues
Optimize textures and material attributes to perform in multiple lighting scenarios
Model, texture and animate elements in Unreal Engine
Ideate, plan and execute environment templates
Blueprint complex rigging and animations in Unreal Engine
Manage complex product and/or environment variations
Animate and blueprint virtual cameras
Complete fidelity evaluations in a variety of content publishing platforms
Perform internal checks on rendered images, animations, and interactive components
Communicate concise and constructive feedback to 3D artists
Eliminate technical constraints to achieve goals
Continuously optimize 3D pipeline
Direct creative ideation and real-time production sessions with creatives

You have:

Proficient experience in Unreal Engine 5 (And working experience with Maya, Cinema 4D, SolidWorks, Rhino, or AutoCAD)
Work with high-end rendering pipelines (Arnold - preferably Redshift)
Strong knowledge of film, real-time development, and virtual production process
Proficiency with post-production and VFX pipelines
In-depth knowledge of the latest 3D and Unreal Engine best practices
Experience leading teams focused on 3D projects.
BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline; or equivalent strong experience as Software Development Lead in exact areas of expertise required for CM (Digital Agencies projects, Web development projects, SCRUM/Agile software projects).
Environments for automotive a plus