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Technical Artist (Remote/Contract)

Obsidian Entertainment is looking for a technical artist specializing in asset optimization to join us in crafting our next high-profile role-playing game.

This Technical Artist will monitor game performance and assist with optimization across the project. This will include helping artists with technical pipeline issues, research and development directed at decreasing performance costs, and creating documentation for these processes. The ideal candidate for this position needs to have an established track record of development in 3D games and clear, cohesive writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Use profiling tools to monitor game performance and find problematic areas and assets requiring optimization
• Edit assets in their original DCC software and Unreal Engine to improve performance, lower memory footprint, and eliminate inefficiencies
• Experiment with content to find novel ways to reduce complexity while maintaining visual fidelity
• Create and maintain documentation for our optimization process and best practices and champion the optimization needs of the project to the team
• Work with the engine team in developing tools to improve the efficiency of our optimization processes

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of creating efficient and performant game content on modern hardware
• Experience using a variety of DCC tools (3ds Max, Maya, Substance [Painter and Designer], Photoshop, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Pluses

• Experience with Unreal Engine 4/5
• Experience with modern profiling tools like PIX
• Experience working on games with role-playing elements
• Programming or scripting experience (C++, C#, Python, Blueprints, MAXScript, MEL script, etc.)

Obsidian Entertainment is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Please, no phone calls or drop-ins. We only accept electronic applications.