Technical Artist - SteamWorld Headhunter

Technical Artist - SteamWorld Headhunter

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Thunderful is looking for an Experienced Technical Artist to join the team working on SteamWorld Headhunter, an upcoming 3D multiplayer co-op game set in the beloved SteamWorld universe. As Technical Artist you are the glue between artists and programmers and you work closely with those disciplines to create tools and technical solutions to help your fellow artists in their creation process. You will analyze and improve art asset inefficiencies and optimize game performance and produce shaders and VFX that connect to the game mechanics
Role and key responsibilities
- Work close to Level Designers to establish lighting that both supports and enhances the desired gameplay - Work with Art Directors to implement the artistic view of the game whilst assessing technical restrictions. - Work with Environment Artists, Concept Artists, and Art Directors to deliver the visual mood from references, mood boards, and concept art - Work with programmers to implement features and tools, as well as solve in-game problems.
Skills and main qualifications
- To succeed in this role we believe you have worked in the games industry as a Technical Artist for at least a few years and probably shipped one or more titles on PC and/or console. - Can balance visual quality against performance requirements and production schedules. - Have a thorough knowledge of lighting pipelines and techniques - Strong understanding of real-time rendering and shaders - Strong understanding of asset creation, pipelines, and workflows - Experience in tools such as 3DSMAX/Blender/Maya - Experience working in games engines, preferably Unity - Team player with a positive attitude - Excellent verbal and written English skills Bonus points: - Experience with C# - Experience working with HLSL/GLSL, MEL and Python - Experience liaising with programming departments to develop proprietary tools - Experience working with Houdini - Experience working with Unreal Engine - Experienced in creating and implementing Visual Effects - Experience with baked lighting in Unity
Company perks and benefits
- Collective Agreement - Tekniktjänsteavtalet (+ union club) - Pension plan (tjänstepension) - Paid overtime - Flexible work hours - Yearly wellness grant (friskvårdsbidrag) - Occupational Health Care - Weekly Wellness activity hours
Application process
Apply via our website! https://career.thunderfulgames.com/jobs/1989433-technical-artist-steamworld-headhunter
Online application link
https://career.thunderfulgames.com/jobs/1989433-technical-artist-steamworld-headhunter
Experience level
Associate
Job type
Full-time
Department
Artist
Main contact (s)
Pierre Dahlgren
Location
Skövde, Sweden
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