Technical Artist, Environment
On-site · Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Technical Artist, Environment at AGBO bridges World-building and Engineering to drive the environment art pipeline from asset ingestion to in-engine presentation. Establish and maintain workflows for modular kit assembly, level streaming, LOD generation, and asset optimization. Build Editor Utility Widgets, Blueprints, and Python scripts that improve world-building efficiency. Author and manage world-building shaders; own terrain blending materials, procedural surface layering, weathering systems, and landscape material functions. Set and enforce technical budgets for polycount, draw calls, texture memory, and streaming thresholds across environment asset categories. Collaborate with level designers to ensure gameplay-critical geometry meets collision, navigation, and performance requirements. Integrate Unreal’s Procedural Content Generation framework into production pipelines. Profile and debug environment performance using Unreal Insights, RenderDoc, and platform-specific profilers to identify and resolve bottlenecks. Review deliverables and provide technical feedback plus internal documentation and best-practices guides. Interface with internal artist teams and codevelopers to maintain milestone cadences. Perform all other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of professional experience as a Technical Artist in games/ interactive media
- Experience working on and shipping AAA games
- Deep knowledge and experience working in Unreal Engine 5 – World Partition, Nanite, Lumen, PCG
- Strong Python and Blueprint scripting; MEL / MaxScript is a bonus
- Experience with terrain and landscape systems at scale
- Experience in Houdini for procedural asset and scatter tooling
- Demonstrated understanding of PBR workflows, texture compression and LOD pipelines
- Ability to read and communicate GPU performance data clearly
- This role is based in Los Angeles, CA or Raleigh, NC and only candidates located in or willing to relocate to the area will be considered
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
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