PLAY, GROW and WIN
To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator and aim at excellence.
At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make video games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004.
Virtuosi are a team of experts – people who have come together to share their mutual passion for producing high-quality games. People who share the same enthusiasm in exploring new ideas and the constant drive to excel in their field. People who believe in earning success through dedication.
As a group, Virtuos has become a recognized leader in its field, has been growing faster than its peers have in recent years, and is pursuing an aggressive global expansion strategy. To this end, we are seeking an experienced Senior Procedural Technical Artist who can join our team and help pave the way towards our new goals.
- Daily support art production with Houdini and set up pipeline about Houdini & UE4.
- Create Houdini HDA for game engine use(procedural object, terrain processing, etc)
- Apply optimization to her/his work and work within the engine constraints;
- Daily support for Art and Tech teams.
- Recognizing inefficiencies and pipeline issues, and identifying solutions with Houdini or Other procedural tools.
- Creation & maintenance of documentation for Technical Art features and tools to provide for the team.
- Liaise between Art and Engine programming teams on a daily basis to facilitate production needs.
- Research and prototype useful methods for automatization of the development of game worlds. Constantly keeping up-to-date with the changes in the game technologies;
- Be flexible and able to adapt to different technical/engine pipelines.
- Educate and articulate concepts relating to Procedural and Parametric Content Generation to the game team through presentations;
- 能够创建在游戏引擎中使用的Houdini HDA(流程化物件，地形处理等等）；
- 能在给定的引擎框架中优化工作流程；
- 美术与技术团队的日常支持工作；
- 能够发现与识别项目管线的问题与不足，并且能够提出使用Houdini或者其他流程化工具改进项目的方案；
- 能够编写与维护相关工具与流程的技术文档；
- 能够协调美术团队与程序团队之间的日常沟通，确保生产需求的准确性；
- 能够研究与开发游戏研发中自动化相关的方案。不断保持学习前沿技术；
- 能够灵活适应不同项目与引擎的管线；
- 能够与开发团队定期分享PCG相关的经验与知识。
- 2-4 years of relevant experience.
- Proficiency in procedural tools such as Houdini, ability to set up and manage pipeline.
- Familiar with 3D assets creation process and software, like Maya, Max, Blender, Substance, etc.
- Be proficient in Python and VEX. MEL, Max Script, C++ is a plus.
- Participate in sharing practices with other procedural artists.
- Provide usable tools for content creators based on their feedback.
- Familiar General art production issues.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally.
- English language skills are required.
- Console or mobile development experience is a plus.
- Good understanding of real time graphics rendering pipeline.
- HLSL or GLSL experience is a plus.
- Experience with middleware such as SpeedTree, Simplygon, FaceFX, etc. is a plus.
- Graphic Program background is a plus.
- 3-5年相关工作经验；
- 熟练使用程序工具如胡迪尼，能够建立和管理流水线；
- 熟悉3D资产创建流程和软件，如Maya, Max, Blender, Substance等；
- 精通Python和VEX。MEL, Max Script, c++优先考虑；
- 参与与其他程序艺术家分享实践；
- 根据内容创造者的反馈为他们提供可用的工具；
- 熟悉一般的美术制作问题；
- 优秀的书面和口头沟通能力；
- 具备英语语言能力；
- 有主机或手机开发经验者优先；
- 对实时图形渲染流水线有很好的理解；
- 有hlsl或GLSL经验者优先；
- 有使用中间件(如SpeedTree, Simplygon, FaceFX等)经验者优先；
- 有图形编程背景者优先。