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AGBO2 days ago

Technical Artist, Environment

$90,000–$110,000 year

On-site · Los Angeles, California, United States or Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Type
Full Time
Level
Mid Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Unknown

Job Summary

Technical Artist, Environment to bridge World-building and Engineering teams. You will drive the environment art pipeline from asset ingestion to in-engine presentation and set technical standards for how worlds are built and rendered. Responsibilities include establishing modular workflows for kit assembly, level streaming, LOD generation, and asset optimization; building Editor Utility Widgets, Blueprints, and Python scripts; authoring and managing world-building shaders; owning terrain blending materials, procedural surface layering, weathering systems, and landscape material functions; setting technical budgets for polycount, draw calls, texture memory, and streaming; collaborating with level designers to ensure collision, navigation, and performance requirements; integrating Unreal’s Procedural Content Generation framework; profiling and debugging environment performance with Unreal Insights, RenderDoc, and platform profilers; providing technical feedback and updating internal docs; interfacing with artists and codevelopers to maintain milestones; and performing other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of professional experience as a Technical Artist in games/interactive media
  • Experience shipping AAA games
  • Deep knowledge of 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
  • Understanding of PBR workflows, texture compression and LOD pipelines
  • Ability to read and communicate GPU performance data clearly
  • Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Additional Requirements

  • US work authorization required; relocation to LA, CA or Raleigh, NC considered for the role.
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