HOUDINI TECHNICAL ARTIST

We are looking for an exceptionally talented Houdini Technical Artist to join us on a permanent basis and who is ready for the challenge of producing an AAA title on the next generation platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop production ready procedural tools for asset creation.
• Maintaining and improving existing procedural tools.
• Daily support for Art and Tech teams.
• Problem solving for key production issues.
• Recognising inefficiencies and pipeline issues and identifying solutions.
• Enabling other team members to achieve tasks in an efficient & consistent manner.
• Creation & maintenance of documentation for Technical Art features and tools to provide for the team.
• Liaise between Art and Engine programming teams on a daily basis to facilitate production needs.
• Regularly profile scenes and highlight/address issues with relevant individuals.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Extended knowledge of VEX and Python
• Extended experience of creating and maintaining SOP based tools.
• Extended experience and understanding of Houdini Engine.
• Understanding of 3D Math functions (linear algebra & vector maths) for real time graphics.
• Knowledge of 1 or more 3D DCC tools. (3dsmax, Maya,…)
• Knowledge of 1 or more texture creation tools (Substance Painter & designer, Photoshop,…)
• Knowledge of the Unreal Engine toolset.
• Experience working on shipped titles for consoles, as Technical Artist.
• Experience in creating solutions in node based editors.
• Experience in creating and maintaining blueprint solutions.
• Experience in creating DOP based simulations.
• Excellent understanding of Pixel & Vertex Shaders.
• Experience using profiling tools for performance reviews and optimisations.
• Experience with creative coding frameworks a bonus.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Strong capacity to work independently as well as in a team.
• Good understanding of toolset building for art assets creation.
• Solid understanding of art optimisation techniques.
• A strong artistic ability, shown preferably within real-time game engines.
• A great ability to think creatively to overcome technical challenges.
• Great communication skills and a positive attitude.
• Strong organisational skills.
• A strong desire to investigate new techniques in the field.
• Familiarity with the creation of user-friendly tools and systems that enable artists.
• Be a great team player!

THERE IS A HUGE BENEFITS PACKAGE

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