Senior Technical Artist

We are Turtle Rock Studios.  An award-winning game developer of AAA first person shooters and other games, including the latest co-op shooter franchise, Back 4 Blood.  We are located in the heart of Orange County, CA and have team members working remotely throughout North America. We thrive in an open and collaborative environment which is led to this day by co-founders Chris Ashton and Phil Robb.

Turtle Rock Studios is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join the team! Working with artists, engineers, and designers, you will focus on developing, improving, and maintaining asset pipelines in engine, optimizing current animation systems, tools, and practices. Join our exceptional development team to help us create industry leading animation and gameplay experiences! This position will report to the Lead Technical Artist.

• Champion asset pipeline creation and maintenance
• Investigate and assist with performance and memory optimizations
• Work with the Art and Programming departments to effectively produce content
• Troubleshoot asset and editor problems for the art department
• Support the Animation team by maintaining rigs and the animation pipeline
• Make recommendations on how to improve asset quality and art process productivity
• Coordinate with all departments to achieve project goals
• Work with Programming and Production departments to develop risk/reward on game features
• Communicate changes and creation of new tools to the team; document relevant information and steps

• 5+ years experience as a Technical Artist in game development with one or more shipped titles on multiple platforms
• Enthusiastic gamer with a passion for making great games
• Expert with digital content creation software & tools
• Team player and strong communication skills
• Proficiency with using profiling tools such as PIX
• Experience working with shaders and materials; creation and optimization
• Expert with scripting and programming languages, ex. Python.
• Expert in AAA Game Engines (such as Unreal Engine)

• Experience with Houdini
• Experience with Realtime Shaders and FX/Simulation
• Experience writing C++ plug-ins for Unreal, Houdini, or Maya
• Abilities in several areas such as characters, environments, animation, VFX, or lighting