Senior Technical Artist
About the job
SummaryBy Outscal
Founded by Bad Robot (Lost, Cloverfield, Westworld, Star Wars, Star Trek), we at Bad Robot Games are on a mission to continually reinvent how stories are played.
We are a remote-first games company represented by a diverse team, which empowers us to make the kinds of games in which all players can see themselves. Working closely with our colleagues at Bad Robot Productions, our projects unite our extensive network of games, TV, and film industry talent to create original IPs, expansive worlds and tell new stories across all media platforms which are as fun to watch as they are to play.
Bad Robot Games is looking for a Senior Technical Artist that has a proven history in the games industry developing groundbreaking tech for AAA games. You will work closely with art, engineering and gameplay to create technical pipelines, shaders, rendering features, VFX, and procedural tools to empower games creation at BRG.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drives content creation tools to help speed up art production
- Collaborates with multiple disciplines and owns feature creation from start to finish
- Innovates on art creation processes to deliver high quality, performant results at scale
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of experience as a technical artist in AAA game development, has shipped at least 1 product in Unreal, and has a thorough understanding of VFX pipelines
- Strong Unreal experience, including shader and blueprint creation
- Has a preference for realism and has the passion to work on realistic projects
- Has in-depth knowledge of complex, real-time shaders
- Experience in designing procedural systems for content creation, either in engine or middleware
- A great understanding of art asset optimization and how it affects gameplay performance
- A highly collaborative mindset and the ability adapt to the needs of a small team
- All of our roles require up to 10% air travel. Examples include Studio/Team Offsites, Team/Studio Events, etc.
BONUSES
- Coding skills in Python or C++
- Complex shader creation outside of node based systems (i.e. HLSL)
- Experience with Houdini in a production environment
Annual Salary Range: $137,500 - $142,500
Our ranges are based on California market rate regardless of work location in the US.
Find out more about our benefits and team on our careers page!
Bad Robot Games recruiters will never ask you for money or to provide financial information during our recruiting process. Scammers often request money transfers for Visa processing fees or travel expenses, as well as personal information including passport info, social security numbers, credit card or bank account information.Bad Robot Games recruiters will never use personal email (including @gmail) accounts when contacting candidates. We also do NOT interview or screen candidates over messenger or text-based chat. All communication will be tied to badrobotgames.com
Bad Robot Games is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
About The Company
As the gaming arm of Bad Robot Productions (Lost, Cloverfield, Westworld, Star Wars), Bad Robot Games is passionate about telling stories and building worlds that can only be experienced through games. Our goal is to create gaming destinations across all platforms that are as fun to watch as they are to play. Through our two development teams (an in-house studio, and a creative co-development team who collaborates with external partners), Bad Robot Games drives a diverse slate which includes AAA and iii titles, as well as a mix of original projects and established IP. All our projects unite our games industry veterans, our film and TV colleagues, and our larger network of talent (writers, composers, sound designers, concept artists, and more), which uniquely allows us to blend artists, areas of expertise, and perspectives across industries to create truly innovative games. And because of this constant collaboration, we’re able to bring a novel, fully-integrated approach to cross-medium world building. We believe every project should feel like you’re making something special—and that you’re making it with a family. Any act of creation is a leap of faith. The fun comes from believing that it just might work. Bad Robot Games is an equal opportunity employer. We offer competitive salaries and compensation packages to all our full-time hires--which includes comprehensive benefits, and amazing opportunities both in and outside the office. For more information on current career opportunities with Bad Robot Games, email jobs@badrobotgames.com.
