Technical Artist - Environment

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

The Technical Artist - Environment reports to the Technical Art Lead and partners with Environment Art, Lighting, Cinematics, and Engineering teams to create visually compelling game worlds.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Environment Artists, Lighting Artists, and Engineers to deliver visually compelling and performant game environments.
• Develop and optimize lighting, materials, shaders, and rendering features within the game engine.
• Manage scene assembly, world organization, asset integration, and environment optimization across projects.
• Establish and maintain environment production workflows, tools, and asset pipelines.
• Support cinematic content creation through camera setup, shot implementation, and visual presentation.
• Analyze scene performance and identify opportunities to improve rendering efficiency and visual quality.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted workflows, to improve environment production and team efficiency.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Technical Artist experience in game development.
• Strong understanding of environment art production and real-time rendering workflows.
• Experience with lighting, scene composition, rendering optimization, and visual storytelling.
• 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 creating or supporting cinematic sequences, camera systems, and in-game presentation.
• Experience with environment asset management, world building, and large-scale scene organization.
• Experience with physically based lighting and modern rendering pipelines.
• Familiarity with virtual production, real-time cinematics, or broadcast-style presentation workflows.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted content creation, automation, or production workflows.
• Passion for football games, stadium presentation, and broadcast-quality visual experiences.