Senior Houdini Expert - F/M/NB

We are looking for a Senior Houdini Expert to support the Procedural team on Age of Bhaarat. This role involves defining the technical vision for procedural content generation using Houdini and Unreal PCG, ensuring scalability and performance within Unreal Engine. You will collaborate with artists and designers to create pipelines for dynamic environments, research cutting-edge techniques, and provide mentorship. Key missions include developing procedural modeling and layout tools, contributing to a runtime procedural dungeon generator, and troubleshooting technical issues for artists and designers.

Must Have

• Define technical vision for procedural content generation (Houdini, Unreal PCG)
• Collaborate on pipelines for dynamic environments and systems
• Research and implement cutting-edge procedural techniques
• Provide mentorship and ensure best practices in procedural development
• Troubleshoot and resolve challenges related to procedural systems
• Expertise in Houdini Procedural Modeling and Layout
• Strong Performance Optimisation skills

Good to Have

• Unreal PCG
• Houdini VFX experience

Perks & Benefits

• Tailored benefits for each country facilitated by Deel

The position

Job description

Why do we need an Senior Houdini Expert ?

We are looking for a Senior Houdini Expert to support the Procedural team on Age of Bhaarat. This person will work directly with the Procedural team to help us create our procedural tools and pipeline. Ideally this role would be in the Europe/India timezone to better support our team as a Senior. The Senior Houdini Expert will aid primarily in the development of the Houdini tools and pipeline but also should understand Unreal PCG and be able to support artists and designers who have technical issues.

Core Mandate (5 main missions)

• Help define the technical vision for procedural content generation (Houdini and Unreal PCG) ensuring scalability and performance within Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate with artists and designers to create pipelines and tools for generating complex, dynamic environments and systems.
• Research and implement cutting-edge procedural techniques, driving innovation in content creation.
• Providing mentorship and ensuring best practices in procedural development.
• Troubleshoot and resolve challenges related to procedural systems, ensuring seamless integration with gameplay and art

Success Criteria (What are we expecting from you in the next months)

• Create Procedural Modeling tools to produce final quality assets (Buildings, Ruins, Roots/Ivy etc.). Identify areas in the production where procedural could be leveraged to increase productivity
• Create Procedural Layout tools to help produce large complex environments
• Contribute to the prototyping of the Runtime Procedural Dungeon Generator
• Houdini VFX experience is a bonus

Key information

• Accepting permanent staff and freelance candidates
• Availability: ASAP (if available later, do not hesitate to apply!)
• Location: Full remote possible (Europe only)
• Compensation and Benefits:

We partner with Deel to facilitate hiring globally, ensuring compliance with local labor laws and providing tailored benefits for each country. This collaboration allows us to offer competitive packages and seamless onboarding for our international team members, enhancing their employment experience no matter where they are located.

• Few links about us
• We released the first trailer: https://tinyurl.com/yd9k7fa8
• Our website: https://tinyurl.com/2ae4hxuu
• A short article about us: https://tinyurl.com/mr23zkkb
• Good summary of our game: https://tinyurl.com/bdzxd9cc

Preferred experience

Hard skills

• Mandatory to start the hiring process:
• Houdini Procedural Modeling and Layout
• Performance Optimisation
• Nice to have (not mandatory but it will be a plus!)
• Unreal PCG

Recruitment process

1. First conversation (20 min) by video call with Arthur (Recruiter): To learn more about your experience, your expectations and Novaquark

2. Hiring Manager interview (1 hour) with John (Tech Director (Procedural): To meet your futur manager and to go deeper in our current context

Throughout the entire recruitment process, Arthur will ensure follow-up and coordination. Do not hesitate to send your portfolio in addition to your CV to showcase your creations!