Senior Technical Artist (Unreal)

Job Overview

Wargaming are on the lookout for an experienced and versatile Technical Artist to help us ship a groundbreaking new cross-platform AAA game. You should be goal-oriented and relish optimizing art/design workflows and bridging the gap between the disciplines.

Reports to:

Senior Art Director

What will you do?

• Interact closely with the core game creative team to develop and maintain workflows, toolchains and tools for our artists worldwide

• Proactively innovate, identify and solve problems before they affect the development teams

• Research and Implement new techniques/technology across multiple art disciplines to aid creativity, quality and efficiency

• Establish and maintain a asset pipeline for vehicles, characters, VFX, and game levels.

• Communicate solutions to both artists and engineers

• Effectively document solutions and maintain reference materials

What are we looking for?

• 4+ years of applicable professional experience as a technical artist with knowledge of engines (especially Unreal) and art pipelines

• Experience with advanced Blueprint scripting in Unreal Engine 4/5

• Experience using Maya and/or 3ds Max or similar software

• Experience with Unreal Engine 4/5 Material Editor and related tools

• Familiarity working and developing in a multi-platform, multi-project environment

• Working knowledge and experience with vehicle rigging and Unreal vehicle technology

• Working knowledge and experience with character pipelines for rigging, skinning, facial animation and MOCAP integration.

• Working knowledge and experience with game level performance profiling.

• Industry experience with at least two shipped titles

• Ability to demonstrate creativity and technical innovation within the constraints of a platform

• Strong communication and organizational skills

• Excited and keen to grow your knowledge and keep up-to-date with latest research and techniques

What additional skills will help you stand out?

• A strong art (especially 3D) portfolio

• Experience in scripting and programming languages (Maxscript, Python, MEL, C#, etc.)

• Experience with the Unreal Engine 4/5 Chaos Destruction system

Work mode

Hybrid (2-3 days of work from the office)

The salary range for this role is $90,000 - $165,000 (USD)

Benefits

Benefits and perks are tailored to the local market and culture. Our benefits in Chicago include:

• Additional paid time off Birthday Leave and Marriage Leave, Compassionate Leave
• Parental Leave Benefits 
• Flexible working hours & work from home option 
• Video game areas, Table tennis set up, and more... 
• Health Insurance (including family coverage), 401k plan
• Mental well-being program (iFeel)
• Wellbeing perks (Dedicated Well-being room, Employee Assistance Program)
• Career development and education opportunities within the company
• Employee discounts
• Personal Gaming Account 
• Coffee, fruits, and snacks in the office
• Company events 
• Seniority Awards  
• Referral program - you can recommend the best talents to the Company and receive a reward 

Please submit your CV in English to ensure smooth processing and review.