Technical Artist

Requisition Number: 174367

Position Title: Technical Artist 2

External Description:

The STG Tools and Technology Team is looking for accomplished people to help us fulfill our mission of providing creative tools and workflows that allow EA to lead the industry in content quality. With locations across the globe, our group strives to build an ecosystem of modular components that are efficient, adjustable to trends and allow for quick iteration of any artistic idea into reality. 

As a Technical Artist on the team, you will develop tools which streamline, optimize and generally improve the workflows used to make content for our AAA games. The Tools and Technology team partners with groups spanning all aspects of asset creation including character and world building, animation, rigging, audio and scanning, with whom we collaborate to bring art for modern games to life. You will report to a team Development Director.

 Day to day you will ...

• Identify and solve complex, systematic problems in the domain of tools, pipeline and workflow development
• Analyze problem spaces, risks and dependencies on tools
• Partner closely with end users to understand their workflows and toolset needs
• Use leading edge, pioneering work to advance EA's technologies
• Architect tool design, implementation and debugging
• Use coding standards on tool development

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in Art, Fine Art, or Science, or equivalent training and professional experience
• Understanding of content creation/management pipelines for game production
• Experience in object-oriented design and implementation.
• 5+ years of production experience with DCC apps such as Houdini and Maya
• 4 years+ production experience with programming/scripting languages such as Python and C#
• 2 years+ production experience with a game engine such as Unreal, Unity, etc.
• Previous experience in tool development that may include world editing tools, 2D and 3D art content pipelines, art importers/exporters, automated content/data build systems and GUI development.
• Experience working with both artists and engineers and understanding the gap between both disciplines.

 Bonus if you have:

• Experience with C++
• Experience with procedural content creation
• Exposure to unit testing frameworks (MBUnit, NUnit)
• Experience with build systems and concepts (TFS, Jenkins, NANT)
• Experience in working with Source Code Control Systems – TFS, Perforce, Source Safe, SVN, GIT
• Experience with Agile (Scrum) development methodologies
• Expertise and experience in UI development

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.は、インタラクティブ・エンターテイメント・ソフトウェアの世界的大手企業です。 EAは、インターネットに接続されたコンソール、パソコン、携帯電話、タブレットに対してゲーム、コンテンツおよびオンラインサービスを提供しています。

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 13

Can this position be remote?: 1

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