Technical Artist

VOLTA, part of Keywords Studios, is seeking a talented Technical Artist to join our team in Quebec. As a Technical Artist, you will provide technical support to the art team with tools and game engines, integrate character and prop assets, and review 3D assets for technical compatibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to the art team with tools and game engine
• Integrate character and prop assets in game engines and/or proprietary tools
• Work closely with Project Managers and IT team on collaboration and version control software
• Review 3D assets for their technical compatibility and compliancy to all the guidelines
• Coordinating with team members from different time-zones
• Maintain, Integrate and improve technical pipeline for asset creation
• Create technical documentation and training for artists on the production pipeline
• Creating 3D Props/environment assets as per art direction
• Create technically compliant assets
• Creating tileable and unique textures using Substance Painter / Designer
• Integration of Substance Designer materials into Unreal

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist, with a focus on prop creation, texturing and integration
• Solid understanding of Unreal Engine and Unity
• Strong expertise in Unreal Engine 5, including hands-on use of systems such as Lumen, Nanite, and Blueprint scripting
• At least one shipped AAA title
• Proficiency in industry-standard art tools such as Maya, Substance Painter, Substance Designer and Zbrush
• Proven ability to build, maintain, and optimize tools and workflows in Autodesk Maya (Python and/or MEL)
• Solid experience working with procedural and material pipelines using Houdini and/or Substance 3D Designer

Benefits:

• Paid vacations: 3 floating weeks + 1 week during holidays
• 8 statutory holidays
• Full insurance coverage
• 5 paid sick days
• Social club
• Employer’s contribution to RRSP (retirement plan) after one year in Canada