Technical Artist - Character

Electronic Arts is seeking a Technical Artist - Character to join their EA SPORTS FC Mobile Shanghai team.

The Technical Artist - Character reports to the Technical Art Lead and partners with Character Art, Animation, and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality player and character visuals.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Character Artists, Animators, and Engineers to deliver high-quality player and character content.
• Develop and optimize character shaders, materials, skin rendering, hair rendering, and visual effects within the game engine.
• Support character scanning workflows, including scan processing, asset integration, and visual quality validation.
• Collaborate with Animation teams on character setup, deformation quality, motion capture integration, and runtime implementation.
• Improve character production pipelines, tools, and workflows to increase efficiency and content quality.
• Troubleshoot character rendering, animation, and asset integration issues throughout development.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted workflows, to improve character creation and production efficiency.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Technical Artist experience in game development.
• Strong understanding of character art production pipelines and real-time character rendering.
• Experience creating and optimizing character shaders, materials, and rendering workflows.
• Experience working with game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Proficiency in Python, Lua, or similar scripting languages.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across Art and Engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience shipping AAA, mobile, or live service games.
• Experience supporting facial scanning, photogrammetry, or digital human workflows.
• Experience working with facial rigs, character rigging, skinning, or deformation systems.
• Experience integrating motion capture data and animation systems into production pipelines.
• Knowledge of player likeness creation and character authenticity workflows.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted content creation, automation, or production workflows.
• Passion for football games and player presentation.