Senior Technical Artist (#2033)

N-iX Games is looking for a highly talented and experienced Technical Artist to play a key role in our new ambitious PC/console strategy game. The specialist we looking for will guide the content production pipelines and help maintain performance as well as be responsible for some of the visual features. 

Responsibilities:

• Creating high-quality water and weather effects, assisting other team members in the creation of related systems
• Creating and optimizing shaders, materials, decals, and foliage
• Creating and improving Niagara-based visual effects
• Working with lightning optimization
• Identify pipeline, workflow & build problems, solve them, or work with teams to mitigate the impact on the final product
• Advising art on how to further optimize assets and other content to fit within the technical limitations
• Collaborating with Art, Engineering, and Design teams to create a high-quality game experience
• Help define new art workflows and identify industry trends/best practices
• Be the point of contact between team members to drive cross-department collaboration

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Technical Artist or related art role
• A strong portfolio of work that demonstrates the ability to create high-quality works suitable for games
• Solid knowledge of Unreal Engine is essential including knowledge of blueprints, Niagara, and performance profiling tools
• Working experience with water and weather effects in Unreal Engine
• In-depth knowledge of modern lighting models, and how they affect shader/material creation
• Good knowledge of node-based shader editors and/or HLSL experience
• Verbal English - upper-intermediate and higher

Good to have:

• Experience with city-building, RTS, or tactical games as a developer
• Good understanding of 3D maths
• Good knowledge of Houdini & procedural content creation
• Problem-solving mindset
• Being able to work independently and as part of a team
• Be an avid gamer