Senior Technical Artist required at Airship Interactive

Senior Technical Artist required at Airship Interactive

Studio: Airship Interactive

Job Opening: Senior Technical Artist

Location: Manchester, UK / Hybrid

Type: Permanent / Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Creating simulations and procedural geometry in Houdini.
  • Implementing Houdini simulations and tools into the game pipeline.
  • Working independently and as well as working closely with various departments within art, animation and production.
  • Optimizing results to fit game performance constraints.
  • Able to demonstrate knowledge of AI within games, including AI tools for improving efficiency, level design, system-driven object placement, erosion and other areas of procedural, parametric and AI solutions.
  • Proactively look for opportunities to improve workflow processes by scripting solutions to common problems across all services.
  • Build tools to improve the pipeline for asset creation, both in-engine and in 3D software packages.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Deep understanding of Houdini procedural modeling and content creation.
  • Experience with particles, destructions, and simulation.
  • Experience with photogrammetry (3D Scanning).
  • Understanding and being able to optimize for game performance limitations.
  • Experience with exchanging data with game engines (models, textures, simulations).
  • Working with Blender, Shaderforge, Unreal Engine, Procedural Geometry creation with Substance3D, Geometry Nodes, AI Upressing techniques, and image synthesis.
  • An excellent understanding of 3D hierarchical/transformation concepts and tree structures.

Desirable:

  • Passion for technical implementation and tool development.
  • Passion for video games and understanding of their future, both from an industry and a technical standpoint.
  • Previous experience with released titles
  • Examples of showcasing the above

Apply for the Job Online: To apply, send your CV to talent@airshipinteractive.com