VFX Artist

Job Description

We are looking for a highly creative VFX artist with knowledge of Unreal Engine 4′, VFX system, Niagara VFX and Blueprints

Preferred Requirements:

• Solid Understanding of Particle Systems including concepts of Sprite Renderer, Ribbon Renderer and attributes like Particle Age, Mass, Velocity etc.
• Create and optimize Particle Systems of different nature using Niagara VFX.
• Collaborate with programmers to handle dynamic VFX in game.
• Create custom modules as per requirement to create custom behaviour or get information from game environment using different queries like GPU collision query,
• Debug and profile all VFX systems for performance optimisation.
• Camera Query, GBuffer query, Audio Oscilloscope in Niagara VFX
• Connect Niagara system with blueprints or collaborate with Programmers to do so
• Ability to create custom flipbook textures using Embergen, Houdini, MAYA, Blender or any other technique and software of choice.
• Good grip on Unreal Engine material system to create materials for use with sprites, meshes, Ribbons
• Basic modelling skills and UV unwrapping

Skills & Experience

• Hands on experience creating particle systems for video games
• Extensive experience with the Niagara Particle Engine
• Extensive experience with Unreal Engine Blueprint Graph system
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 custom materials
• Photoshop or Substance Designer
• VFX suite like Houdini/Embergen/MAYA/Blender
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view