Senior Technical Artist

Foundry 42 has an opening for a Senior Technical Artist. We are looking for a talented, ambitious person who can meet the requirements below:

 

Technical Artists are responsible for the correct technical implementation of art content. They should be able to solve any technological issues related to art production. In close cooperation with the Art Production and R&D Groups they should work on improving the existing pipelines and developing new tools for the Art Production Groups.

 

Responsibilities
• Working with the Art Groups and Programmers to effectively produce technically correct art content
• Checking assets in terms of the technical setup for their usage in Lumberyard
• Creating / improving different scripts / pipelines for art asset production
• Problem solving for optimizations/fixes/modifications
• Full support on internal tools
• Troubleshooting asset-related technical issues (3DS Max, Photoshop, etc.)
• Writing technical documentation
• Making recommendations on how to improve both product quality and group productivity
• Providing guidance and assistance to the Art Groups where required
• Coordinating with the other Studios within CIG to achieve project objectives*

 

Requirements
• Strong knowledge of 3DS Max/Maya and Photoshop
• Experience in creating art assets for PC games using 3DS Max/CryEngine/Maya
• Proficiency in MaxScript/MEL
• At least three years of relevant experience in the game development industry
• Self-driven, responsible and detail-oriented person
• Passion for computer games
• Ability to adapt to new technologies
• Strong passion for making the best damn space sim ever
• Team player
• International travel may be required as part of the role

 

Pluses
• Experience in using CryEngine/Lumberyard
• Knowledge of Perforce
• Experience in other scripting and programming languages (Python, C++/C#/Lua)
• Knowledge of complex rigging
• PRB shader knowledge
• Knowledge of procedural generation