Technical Artist

Arkane Studios is currently seeking a Technical Artist to help our Austin team deliver high quality PC and next-generation console games. Reporting to the Art Director, the Technical Artist coordinates and upgrades production tools, assists in asset integration and optimization, and serves as a technical reference for art production.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that final assets meet performance requirements and constraints for each target platform
• Create best-practices documentation for art team on creating great-looking optimized game assets (models, textures, shaders, lighting, FX, etc.)
• Fluent with Python
• Very strong problem-solving skills
• R&D complex game art elements
• Help manage run-time performance
• Work with art team/engineers to develop/optimize shaders and lighting as needed
• Assist art team members with production tools and upgrades.
• Collaborate with art and engineering staff on art pipeline improvements
• Assist in trouble-shooting and organization with outsourced art partners as needed
• Remain up-to-date on tool and tech developments to identify ways to improve quality and increase art production speed

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience in video games as an artist or technical artist
• Good knowledge of Photoshop, Maya, and ZBrush
• Experience with a variety of game engines
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Passionate about video games

Pluses:

• Mel scripting experience