Scanning Lead

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • 3D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Scanning Lead, you will oversee high-quality 3D scanning for characters, props, environments, and facial scans, leading a team of 3D scanning artists. Responsibilities include planning and executing scanning sessions, optimizing workflows, implementing new technologies (AI-powered tools and automation), and mentoring the team. You will collaborate across departments, manage scanning schedules, maintain documentation, and ensure alignment with project goals. The role requires expertise in 3D scanning hardware, software, and techniques, as well as experience with retopology, UV unwrapping, and texture baking. Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, MEL) and game engines (Unreal Engine or Unity) is essential.
Must have:
  • Lead 3D scanning operations
  • Optimize workflows and implement new technologies
  • Mentor a team of 3D scanning artists
  • Collaborate across departments
  • 5+ years experience in 3D scanning
Perks:
  • Relocation support (flight, apartment, pet relocation)
  • Relocation assistance (legalization, residence, taxes)
  • Polish lessons
  • Paid leave (20-26 days holiday, sick leave, parental leave)
  • Flexible working hours
  • Welcome pack
  • Trainings and courses
  • Merch
  • Private medical healthcare
  • Psychological care
  • Multisport card
  • Dog-friendly office
  • Social events
  • Healthy snacks and drinks
  • International environment
  • On-site gym

Job Details

Company Description

To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members!

Job Description

Join our team as a Scanning Lead and take charge of high-quality 3D scanning for characters, props, environments, and facial scans. In this role, you will lead a team of talented 3D scanning artists, optimizing workflows, integrating cutting-edge technology, and ensuring seamless collaboration across departments. If you’re passionate about 3D scanning and want to bring stunning, high-fidelity assets to life in our games, we’d love to hear from you!

Daily Responsibilities

  • Lead 3D scanning operations, including scanning sessions for characters, props, environments, and facial scans, ensuring high-quality data acquisition through proper setup, lighting, and scanning techniques.
  • Plan and execute scanning sessions.
  • Ensure a high level of detail while balancing it to given deadline.
  • Develop and refine 3D scanning workflows, researching and implementing new technologies, including AI-powered tools and automation.
  • Automate repetitive tasks using scripting (Python, MEL, etc.) to improve efficiency and streamline the production pipeline.
  • Lead and mentor a team of 3D scanning artists, providing training and guidance on advanced scanning techniques.
  • Collaborate with artists, designers, and developers to align scanning processes with project goals and technical requirements.
  • Plan and manage scanning schedules, ensuring alignment with production timelines and resource availability.
  • Maintain documentation of scanning processes, pipeline improvements, and best practices while overseeing equipment inventory and maintenance.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in 3D scanning and scan processing.
  • Proven ability to lead and mentor a team of 3D scanning artists.
  • Strong understanding of 3D scanning hardware, software, and techniques
  • Expertise in retopology, UV unwrapping, and texture baking.
  • Experience with game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
  • Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or MEL.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Passion for 3D scanning and a commitment to delivering high-quality assets.

Additional Information

Working mode

  • Office-First: working primarily from the Warsaw studio for a minimum of 3 days per week.

Relocation support

  • Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings: it’s all covered. Who said moving countries needs to be complicated?
  • Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements, helping out with translations if needed, and much more — we have dedicated teams to help make sure that all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
  • Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
  • Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year, paid sick leave, and paid maternity & paternity leave.

Perks & Professional Growth

  • Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
  • A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
  • Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
  • Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

Health & Well-being

  • Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
  • Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars. 
  • Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.

Social Activities & Life in the Office

  • Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
  • Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
  • Healthy selections — ​​organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!
  • Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.

Head office in Warsaw

  • Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works.
  • An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes.
  • Car and bike parking spaces.
  • A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
  • No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

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About The Company

CD PROJEKT RED is home to over 1000 game-making professionals from all over the globe. We speak many different languages, but share one love — video games.


We are creators of The Witcher series of games, including the acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Most recently, we have created Cyberpunk 2077 and its spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty.


We are headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with studios in Cracow and Wroclaw. In North America, we operate in Vancouver and will be opening a new studio in Boston to drive development on the followup to Cyberpunk 2077. 


We’re proud to have a gamer-first approach, a diverse & supportive culture, and a focus on mature, meaningful storytelling that will inspire gamers for years to come.


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