Technical Artist
28 days ago
WHAT MAKES US EPIC?
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ART
What We Do
Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
What You'll Do
Epic is looking for Tech Artists, ranging from mid level to experienced seniors, to join our team working on Lego Fortnite focused on World Building. A successful candidate should have a broad knowledge of art creation for games. They should be able to combine geometry, materials, effects and UE4 Blueprints to create complex art. They should be comfortable working with cutting edge and in-development tool sets that help push the technical boundaries of what is possible in our world.. We are looking for individuals who are organized, collaborative, motivated, and enthusiastic about working in a procedurally generated world. The ideal candidates are excited about procedural generation, and the organic exploration of procedural generation work flows, are super technical, and are able to both build new systems as well as work inside existing systems.
In this role, you will
- Primarily be working with Unreal’s new PCG Framework, and PCG related workflows to populate procedurally generated open world environments.
- Spend extra attention on organization and maintenance of large data sets as it relates to world building and world building assets.
- Work with gameplay developers, artists, and other team members to integrate concepts into rules that work inside our procedural world.
- Continuously explore and implement innovative strategies to keep the game fresh and exciting for players.
- Provide transparent communications on project status and risks to stakeholders to ensure they are properly informed of any impacts to upcoming tasks.
What we're looking for
- Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing executed game tech art
- Good understanding of Procedural Generation Principles
- Ability to pull many different asset types together to create art for a game
- Abilities in a secondary areas such as layout or environment art
- Desire and knowledge of how to push Unreal Engine further
- Desire to work with a team, supporting other content creators such as level designers, environment artists etc.
- Familiarity with the Unreal 5 Engine PCG Framework a plus
- Experience working on multiple platforms
- Scripting experience Blueprint or other
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
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