R&D Technical Artist

Apple•Cupertino, CA

1d•$172,100 - $258,600•Onsite

About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. Build highly interactive and graphically intense applications for some of Apple’s most advanced technologies, including the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) support offered in ARKit and Metal2. Work alongside product designers and engineers on new applications demanding rapid experimentation and prototyping. Understand the state-of-the-art in real-time graphics and interactive 3D applications to help create prototypes for a broad range of application categories, including productivity, communication, and entertainment. Encapsulate the current POR and technological decision points and visually communicate them upwards within the team to leadership for critical program steering decisions. 40 hours/week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Design or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
Use Houdini, After Effects, and Cinema 4D to generate 3D Models for experience prototypes, concepts, and applications.
Use Final Cut Pro, Keynote, Houdini, After Effects, and Cinema 4D, to generate visual assets and animations for executive communications.
Creating 2D graphics in Illustrator, Sketch, and Photoshop.
Using After Effects to generate 2D animated motion graphics.
Using Final Cut Pro to edit video or 2D animation timelines.
Creating models and animations for real-time and offline applications for VR/AR experiences or simulations.

Responsibilities

Build highly interactive and graphically intense applications for some of Apple’s most advanced technologies, including the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) support offered in ARKit and Metal2.
Work alongside product designers and engineers on new applications demanding rapid experimentation and prototyping.
Understand the state-of-the-art in real-time graphics and interactive 3D applications to help create prototypes for a broad range of application categories, including productivity, communication, and entertainment.
Encapsulate the current POR and technological decision points and visually communicate them upwards within the team to leadership for critical program steering decisions.