Technical Artist

4 weeks ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Electronic Arts Inc. Full time
Technical Artist Job Description

Welcome to Electronic Arts Inc., a world-renowned leader in the video game industry. We're seeking a highly skilled Technical Artist to join our team at Maxis, a studio known for its innovative and engaging games.

About the Role:

We're looking for a talented Technical Artist to collaborate with our Art Directors, Engineers, and other technical artists to push the boundaries of storytelling through game art construction. As a Technical Artist, you will be responsible for designing art tools, implementing the latest trends in technology, and working with our team to develop best-in-class experiences for our IPs.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Technical Artists, Engineers, and Art Directors to deliver industry-leading content pipelines and runtime implementations.
  • Develop procedural and generative content pipelines for Unreal and Proprietary Engines, empowering world, character, and object artists to create content.
  • Work with Technical Art Leads to develop content performance plans, profile performance, monitor asset budgets, and provide performance guidance based on established metrics and methods.
  • Maintain pipelines supporting large libraries of game art content in live service ecosystems.
  • Use commercial and proprietary software to create high-quality 3D art prototypes as proof of concept for project functional and aesthetic goals.
  • Support artists troubleshooting level construction and world production roadblocks.
  • Collaborate with Technical Art partners across EA to develop and share pipelines and best practices.
  • Understand the requirements and constraints of game design, engine, and platform.

Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of professional experience working as a Technical Artist in real-time engines such as Unity and Unreal Game Engine.
  • Proficiency with Maya and modern DCC applications.
  • Proficiency in Python for Maya and DCC applications.
  • Experience writing tools for environment, object, character, or animation workflows.
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines to achieve team technical objectives.
  • Ability to create solid documentation and training material.
  • Experience in Perforce or other version control software.
  • Experience with ShotGrid (Shotgun), Jira, or other bug tracking and project management software.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with AI, ML, and Generative Content Workflows.
  • Experience with Houdini workflows, VEX, HDAs, and Houdini Engine for Unreal.
  • Experience with Unreal Blueprint and asset scripting.
  • Experience with Level/Scene management and optimization.
  • Experience with Unreal Lighting, Post, and Niagara Visual Effects systems.
  • Experience with Unreal Materials & PBR fundamentals.
  • Skills in Substance Designer & Painter workflows.
  • Experience developing for iOS/Android.
  • Experience developing for console hardware (XB1/XBX/PS4/PS5).
  • Background in photography, painting, sculpting, concept art, or animation.

Benefits:

Electronic Arts Inc. offers a competitive salary range of $96,400 - $133,900 CAN Annually, depending on location. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation, sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits, extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement plan to regular full-time employees.

How to Apply:

Please visit our website at https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/maxis to learn more about this opportunity and to apply.

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