4A Games — вакансії

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Game Designers and the Art team to create objects and environments.
• Perform quick research for shapes and environments.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience working in a game development studio.
• Understanding of the "full-cycle" production pipeline. From an idea until final integration and tuning in the engine.
• Being a ‘pro’ with your favorite 3D modeling package (Max/Maya prioritized), Substance Painter/Substance Designer and ZBrush. The experience of photogrammetry is a plus.
• Knowledge of realtime rendering concepts, resource limits, and optimization.
• Good understanding of form, structure, color, and silhouette.
• An artistic eye and attention to detail.
• Able to work creatively as part of a large or small group.
• Good English.
• Experience with Jira/Miro is a plus.

Preferences:

• Experience with Unreal Engine or similar.
• Experience in developing for consoles.
• Made PBR-correct assets.
• Understanding of current tech possibilities and graphics trends.
• Technical or art education.
• Learner and self-developer.
• Hardcore FPS gamer.
• Proactive attitude.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Animator to join our team. The job will require supporting the Animation team in establishing and maintaining efficient animation pipelines and rigging standards for cutting edge games targeting latest generation platform hardware with a proprietary multiplatform engine.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with Animators, Designers, Modelers, and Programmers to deliver excellent character movements, facial animations, mechanics, and cutscenes.
• Work with Programmers to improve toolkit, systems, establish rigging standards.
• Create rigs and skinning for animated organic and mechanical objects.
• Proactively come up with ideas on how to improve animation pipeline.
• Troubleshoot complex problems as they arise and construct solutions to unforeseen design problems in a timely manner.
• Instructing colleagues and documenting necessary information.

Requirements:

• Understanding of skinning, rigging, IK, physics limitations, and possibilities.
• Ability to come up and utilize skinning tricks (folded shoulders, 2-bone ropes).
• Familiarity with mocap and keyframe animation animations.
• Experience with humans, creatures, and mechanical characters/objects.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in rigging in AAA quality.
• Knowledge of Maya/Motionbuilder.
• Good communicator with strong verbal and written English skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and time management skills.
• Self-direction and motivation.
• Proactive attitude.
• Desire to help drive the improvement of the game engine year-over-year.
• Ability to work under strict schedule and time pressure.

Preferences:

• Experience working with procedural/physically-altered animation techniques.
• Experience with facial animation.
• Understanding of real-world kinematics and ability to replicate physical movement using a mix of simulation tools and baked skeletal animations.
• One shipped AAA title on consoles.
• Experience in working with animation blueprints.

Responsibilities:

• Work with others to expand our next-generation graphics pipeline including advanced lighting and rendering techniques, and special effects.
• Experience in identifying bottlenecks and optimizing existing/future rendering code.
• Self-driven to learn new rendering techniques and implement them.
• Strong communication skills and proficiency in working with Technical Artists to develop and iterate features/tools.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional experience.
• Proficient C++ Knowledge.
• Thorough knowledge and proficient application of 3D math, rendering algorithms, and data structures.
• Performance-minded development and optimization skills.
• Self-drive to learn new rendering techniques and implement them.
• Mathematical Analysis skills.
• Conceptual fluency with physically-based rendering techniques.
• Strong communication and proficiency working with technical artists to develop and iterate on features/tools.

Preferences:

• Knowledge of a broad range of graphics APIs and shader languages including DirectX and OpenGL/GLSL.
• Experience developing for 9th generation console hardware.