Technical Artist Job at Insight Global, Redmond, WA

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  • Insight Global
  • Redmond, WA

Job Description

Title: Technical Artist

Duration: 2 year contract

Location: Onsite 5 days a week in Redmond, WA

Pay: $65 - 72/hr

Day to day:

A team at a top research company is looking for an experienced and versatile Technical Artist to work closely within the wristband and design team to develop and maintain new AR/VR interaction experiences. The ideal candidate will be someone who likes to learn constantly, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies, and embrace the ambiguity of AR/VR problem solving. They will also be someone who likes to collaborate in a team environment across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, making the architectural tradeoffs required to rapidly deliver software solutions.

  • Create, rig, and refine organic 3D assets (including remeshing, retopologizing, retargeting rigs, optimizing UVs, creating PBRs, and ensuring compatibility with pipeline standards).
  • Improve Unreal Engine 5 environment aesthetics (lighting adjustments and optimization, post-processing enhancement, material and rendering improvements)
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation covering tools, asset creation workflows, and synthetic data pipeline methods for future development
  • Collaborate closely with research, design, and engineering team members to iterate on synthetic data pipeline methodologies and visual asset standards
  • Streamline and optimize 3D asset integration into UE5, supporting the setup and configuration of rigs, materials, and lighting for data pipeline utilization

Must haves:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Digital Arts, Technical Art, Game Design, or similar practical experience.
  • Proven hands-on experience and proficiency with Unreal Engine 5, including extensive work on 3D asset pipelines, rigging, texturing, and lighting.
  • 3-5+ years of professional experience in real-time 3D asset creation, technical art, game development, or a closely related sector.
  • Professional experience in 3D modeling and asset creation software like Maya, Blender, Substance, ZBrush, Houdini, Photoshop, etc.
  • Minimum 3 years developing assets, workflows or plugins for Unreal Engine.
  • Portfolio showcasing technical art—realism-focused asset workflows, rendering and shading techniques, prototype pipeline development, and high-fidelity 3D assets preferred.
  • Deep understanding of game asset creation and management, including mesh modeling, UV unwrapping and mapping, texturing/material setup, rigging, blend shapes, lighting, post-processing, and visual troubleshooting.

Plusses:

  • Experience developing custom tools for UE5 or Digital Content Creation suites (such as Maya, Blender, etc.)
  • Experience creating procedural content in Houdini, Substance Designer, or similar tools - Proficient in using UE5 for importing/configuring 3D rigs, establishing photorealistic lighting setups, and managing material networks
  • Scripting expertise (Python, C++, etc.) for automating key elements of UE5 or DCC workflows
  • Familiarity with version control systems (Git, Perforce, Mercurial) - UI tool development background (React, QT, or similar)
  • Prior work with photogrammetry-driven asset workflows and retargeting or managing skeletons in DCCs
  • Experience with Lumen preferred.

Benefit packages for this role are available upon purchase and will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law .

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