Senior Technical Artist

Job Description

We are Frostbite

Frostbite is EA's state-of-the-art game engine behind games such as Madden NFL, EA SPORTS™ FIFA, Battlefield™, Need for Speed™, Dragon Age™ and Plants vs. Zombies™. Our experienced global team is passionate about pushing the boundaries of game engine technology and working with EA studios to ship amazing games.

What does a Technical Artist do?

As a Technical Artist, you'll report to Frostbite's Procedural & Mesh Engineering Manager. You'll work with Frostbite's engineers to introduce new procedural tools and workflows as they're being developed. You will work with our Product Owners and Development team to identify best practices and help validate the quality of our tools. Your feedback and experience working with Frostbite to develop these tools will directly affect the development of the engine.

You Will
• Work directly with the Engineering team to develop our procedural and terrain tools
• Create scalable procedural tools using Houdini and Frostbite.
• Create improved terrain tools using Frostbite
• Collaborate with Studio peers and the Frostbite Example team as you improve tools based on their feedback.
• Create clear, helpful documentation for each tool.
• Use your expertise in procedural and terrain tool solutions to improve our workflows and production pipeline

You Will Need
• Experience creating procedural solutions and algorithms in a game or film production environment.
• Expertise in Houdini and Houdini Engine
• Experience with terrain tool solutions and concepts from other DCC or game engines

Bonus Points For
• Passion for helping your peers become better game developers
• Experience in node based visual programming
• Experience working on games or game engines
• Experience using Maya, Substance or other DCCs
• Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages
• Understanding of 3D mathematics and linear algebra

• More about us: www.frostbite.com

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gm97xv-18-117-70-132-42 in your application.