Studio: Psyonix
Job Opening: Senior Technical FX Artist
Location: Multiple Locations
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Execute outstanding effects for our games by bringing dramatic effects to life
- Create all art needed for the visual effects; including FX concept, proto and final FX
- Supply creative solutions given a set of technical constraints
- Provide technical solutions that have a wider impact across the group
- Support the core FX infrastructure of Fortnite and Rocket League
Qualifications & Skills:
- An artist with technical capabilities that can make a broader impact across the group
- A critical eye for timing and shape that can bring dramatic FX to life to support gameplay and the overall player experience
- Understanding of artistic stylization, and how/when to apply those principles
- Fluency in the pillars of Fortnite VFX – Niagara, Materials, and Blueprints (or similar frameworks)
- A working understanding of graphics math and how to use it (and the ability/desire to learn more)
- A working understanding of simulation systems (particles, grid methods)
- Experience constructing modular components reused across a larger graphics framework
- Ability to quickly understand existing systems in order to make improvements/upgrades/repairs on a live, shipped product
- Experience with optimization for multiple platform targets, and experience in secondary disciplines such as modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting
- Scripting/UI construction experience in Python, QT, Blueprints, etc and experience with procedural systems (e.g. Houdini)
