Turn 10 Studios, the creators of the top selling and critically acclaimed Forza Motorsport franchise, has an exciting opportunity for a Technical Artist to join our studio. This role involves supporting the art team with our production toolset and assisting in development of technical content creation methods to efficiently achieve high quality game content for our cutting edge games. This person is responsible for providing production tools and technical support to Artists in the following areas: shader writing, scripting, particle effects, lighting, rendering, animation, modeling, game content pipeline design and maintenance.
Troubleshoot and triage artist issues with tools and art creation workflow Work with Engine, Tools and Pipeline teams to prioritize and develop tools/scripts/plugins to streamline art processes, workflows and pipelines Author technical art content in a stable and performant manner Prototype new techniques to facilitate more efficient content production Strive to maximize art production performance and predictability
BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Graphic Arts, Art or a related field. Computer programming/scripting experience. Strong knowledge of one or more major 3D animation packages, 3DS Max preferred. Understanding of 3D graphics principles and procedures. Experience with next-generation content creation techniques. Excellent communication skills. Work well under deadlines and multi-tasks.