Senior Technical Artist Art Rockville, MD, US Austin, TX, US Dallas, TX, US Bethesda Game Studios

Zenimax Media • Rockville, MD

318d • $75,000 - $165,000

About The Position

Come join Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning development team behind Starfield, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Bethesda Game Studios strives to offer its employees a well-balanced home and work life by providing competitive salaries, a generous benefits program, and offices located in some of North America's best cities. With a goal of creating a culture as fun and diverse as our games and our players, we welcome applicants with unique skillsets, experience levels and backgrounds. If you are passionate about making a meaningful contribution to some of the most significant games in the industry we'd love to hear from you!

Requirements

• 3+ years' experience in the video game industry in a similar role.
• In-depth knowledge of PBR tech and workflows.
• Strong knowledge of shader development, node base shading editor, HLSL or other coding languages for shaders.
• Strong understanding of how real-time lighting works in games.
• Experience with a proprietary engine, Unreal or Unity.
• Experience creating 3D assets (modeling, UVs, texturing).
• Proficient with modern art content pipelines including 3dsMax (Maya is a plus) and Substance Painter (Designer is a plus).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Color management workflow.
• Experienced with Python and C++.
• Good knowledge of HDR technicities.
• Experience with VFX creation.
• Shipped a AAA or an open world game.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Visual development lead to prototype the look of new graphic features (such as shaders, VFX tech, lighting tech, etc.)
• Audit, troubleshoot and validate existing and future rendering tech.
• Collaborate closely with graphic engineers to ensure the prototypes are achievable in terms of quality and performance.
• Interact with art department leads (Character, World Art, etc.) in order to identify their shaders needs for content creation.
• Report to the tech art lead and collaborate with other tech artists.
• Develop and communicate technical art standards, best practices, and techniques.
• Troubleshoot and address performance issues in the game pertaining to Shaders, Materials, Textures.
• Write documentation and collaborate with other teams.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits
• 401(k) plan and company match
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick and mental health time
• Several paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries