Technical Artist, Capture

Requisition Number: 179617

Position Title: Technical Artist 1

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Technical Artist, Capture

EA Create

EA Create is a collective of content production teams partnering with EA Studios game teams to bring outstanding visuals, audio and technology to life. Our teams consist of artists, engineers, technicians, designers and development directors. Worldwide, we combine our teams to form a global group of extraordinary individuals fueled by imagination and a unified passion for creating amazing visuals, sound and experiences. We're a diverse team that is unified through collaboration, culture and craft.

Capture

EA Create Capture, a versatile team 2based between Vancouver, Canada, Los Angeles, California and Orlando, Florida is best known for motion capture of EA's titles such as EASFC, NHL, UFC, Madden, and Battlefield to name a few; and we are looking for a Technical Artist to join our Vancouver team.

Technical Artist

As a Technical Artist you bridge the gap between art and technology, providing on-stage support using your experience to create effective tools. Reporting to the Technical Art Director, you will have a necessary role in implementing cutting-edge visuals and tackling complex technical challenges through collaboration with artists, acquisition teams and programmers. Real-time animation streaming and an understanding of the entertainment production workflow will play an important part. Your work will span multiple areas of our game development pipeline, including Motion and Facial Capture, Virtual Cinematography, Tech Art, Rigging, Character Art, and Animation.

Proficiency with image-based 3D character scanning and familiarity with leading game engines such as Frostbite, Unity, and Unreal will empower you to create and adapt custom toolsets and pipelines. By implementing new capabilities, refining processes, and optimizing pipeline efficiency, you will contribute to the seamless realization of our Technical Director's vision.

This is an exciting opportunity to push boundaries, excel in a collaborative environment, and contribute to the future of interactive entertainment. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment and have a technical foundation, we invite you to join our team. Together, we will create extraordinary interactive experiences that captivate players worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Support the technical maintenance of the motion capture equipment, ensuring performance and accuracy during recording sessions.
• Support motion capture specialists within Create Capture to troubleshoot and resolve technical motion capture issues, including associated proprietary toolsets.
• Support and resolve database discrepancies to ensure integrity of data entry records; identify and repair issues with database entities that may prevent automated processing systems from their function.
• Assist troubleshooting efforts with technical scanning system issues.
• Represent a technical opinion and provide technical insight while attending meetings with other Subject Matter Experts within Create Capture.
• Maintain documentation for technical processes
• Collaborate with and assist other Technical Artists within Create Capture to develop and implement custom scripts, tools, and technical solutions according to the Technical development vision and project requirements.
• Stay updated on industry trends and the latest technologies in motion capture, bringing new ideas and approaches to the team to improve the quality and efficiency of motion capture processes.
• Provide training and support to other team members on motion capture hardware, software, and workflows, ensuring the team is equipped with the necessary knowledge.
• Collaborate with the team to identify areas of improvement in the motion capture pipeline and contribute to the development of solutions to enhance effectiveness.
• Collaborate with the motion capture specialists and animation teams that process and clean motion capture assets, to ensure pipeline and tool sets maintain data integrity and adherence to quality standards.

Qualifications

• A passionate professional that thrives at the intersection between art and technology.
• 3+ years of experience:
• in the entertainment motion capture industry, working hands-on with data acquisition and processing.
• working with industry standard motion capture applications (Vicon, Motion Analysis, XSens, Volumetric Capture) and digital content creation (Autodesk Maya and MotionBuilder)
• working with motion capture setups, helmet mounted cameras, video witness and virtual cameras.
• with record keeping database systems (Shotgrid, MySQL, Cadet, Perforce). ● Entertainment production scripting experience, using interpreted scripting languages (Python, Mel, HSL).
• with game engines using its visual scripting Blueprint system: Unity, Unreal, Frostbite

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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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: 57

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

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.