Technical Artist

We are seeking a full-time Technical Artist / Designer (VR) to join Freiburg based VR studio working on gamified scientific project (UE4). We need your expertise in assembling whole experiences for their clients by bringing together art, animation, effects, sounds and functionality as well as making sure that their performance requirements and deadlines are met. We believe that VR and AR are the future of scientific research and education and would like you to be a part of our future!

Responsibilities:

Technical realization and coordination of client storyboards in a given timeframe
Integrate content from all departments and assemble whole experiences inside our core framework
Collaborate closely with our artists and engineers to ensure that technical and visual requirements are met
Participate in the content creation pipeline and find ways to optimize/automate workflows
Recognize opportunities to improve our application or general workflows, and seek to make these changes
You should be expert in at least one of the following points:
VFX for movies or games (Niagara/Houdini/Cascade…)
Animation and/or modelling in any 3D content creation software
Unreal Material Editor / any shader language (HLSL/CG/ShaderLab)
Character and props rigging (Maya)
Game design and visual scripting (Blueprints)
Scripting (Python, MEL, Maya API)
Game/Engine Programming (C++)

Other Requirements:

A minimum of two years of game industry experience
BS (or higher) in Computer Science, Art/Animation or a similar discipline
Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
Pluses:
Unreal Engine Experience
VR and/or AR experience as a developer or user

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Salary levels:

Regular Tech Artist : 48-55k EUR
Senior/Lead : 52-75k EUR

contact: monika@8bitplay.com