Technical Artist - Victoria, Canada - Hololabs Studio Inc.

Description

Founded in 2011 by researchers in intelligent systems and veterans from AAA gaming, Hololabs fuses creative interaction design with advanced engineering to create innovative and engaging mixed reality experiences.

With a portfolio ranging from theme park rides to mobile games and virtual reality, the company thrives on technically challenging and ambitious experiences, and has won several awards for their success.

• Develop and maintain art pipelines and workflows that optimize production efficiency and quality
• Collaborate with the VP of Rendering on technical design and implementation
• Collaborate with the internal development team to identify systems that require optimization or refactoring
• Communicate effectively with external technical and executive clients
• Create documentation for the above systems
• Support in content creation & game development when needed.

• Be organized, selfmotivated, with strong problemsolving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
• Strong technical skills in 3D graphics and realtime rendering, with experience in AR/VR development
• Knowledge and experience in art pipelines, scripting/tools development, shaders, lighting, rendering, and VFX
• Proficient in Unity3D, and an understanding of Unreal Engine, and other AR/VR development tools
• Experience creating optimized shaders with HLSL, GLSL, and Unity for both Built-In and Scripting pipeline
• Understanding of general game development concepts: 3D math, colliders, physics, character controllers, GUI, navmesh, particle systems, shaders, cameras, etc.
• Be able to "wear many hats" if you have other skills, including: game design,art, graphic design, etc.
• Familiarity with version control (Git & Perforce)

• A foundational knowledge of 3D software such as Maya, Blender, 3DS, Zbrush and texture/material authoring tools such as Photoshop and Substance.
• Strong understanding of 3D modeling, texturing, rigging and animation.
• Understanding of game asset creation and optimization for realtime engines.
• Experience profiling performance and memory within game engines using debug rendering tools such as RenderDoc and Unity Profiler/Frame debugger.
• Be able to selfmanage, work in an agile environment, and track progress
• Be informed of the game industry (particularly mobile games) and business trends
• Be creative with an interest in design (everyone at Hololabs can contribute)
• A passion for games, science fiction, AR/VR and emerging technologies

While we fully support remote employment, we can only consider applicants legally eligible to work in Canada (Citizen or Permanent Resident).