Lead Technical Artist

We are Turtle Rock Studios.  An award-winning game developer of AAA first person shooters and other games, including the latest co-op shooter franchise, Back 4 Blood.  We are located in the heart of Orange County, CA. We thrive in an open and collaborative environment which is led to this day by co-founders Chris Ashton and Phil Robb.

• Champion asset pipeline creation and maintenance
• Investigate and assist with performance and memory optimizations
• Work with the Art and Programming departments to effectively produce content
• Troubleshoot asset and editor problems for the art department
• Support the Animation team by maintaining rigs and the animation pipeline
• Make recommendations on how to improve asset quality and art process productivity
• Coordinate with all departments to achieve project goals
• Work with Programming and Production departments to develop risk/reward on game features
• Communicate changes and creation of new tools to team; document relevant information and steps

• Portfolio of example rigs and tools
• Enthusiastic gamer with a passion for making great games
• Strong knowledge of Maya and Photoshop
• Experience with Rigging
• Team player and strong communication skills
• Proficiency with using profiling tools such as PIX
• Experience working with shaders and materials; creation and optimization

• Experience with scripting and programming languages, ex. Python.
• Experience in AAA Game Engines (such as Unreal Engine 4)
• Experience with multiple 3D packages
• Experience with Realtime Shaders and FX/Simulation
• Experience with Houdini