Senior Unreal FX Professional

Atomic Arts India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Atomic Arts India in Mumbai is seeking a Senior Unreal FX artist to create high-quality real-time effects using Unreal Engine, focusing on Niagara-based simulations, fire, smoke, explosions and atmospheric phenomena.

You will collaborate with FX, CG, Lighting, and Compositing teams to integrate assets, optimise performance, troubleshoot issues, and maintain production pipelines while delivering cinematic-quality visuals.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Unreal Engine and Niagara.
• Strong knowledge of FX principles: particles, dynamics.
• Experience with real-time VFX pipelines and optimisation.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop high-quality FX elements and simulations using Unreal Engine.
• Build real-time effects like fire, smoke, explosions, dust, and fluids.
• Develop and optimise Niagara systems for cinematic and real-time use.
• Work with FX, CG, Lighting, Environment, and Compositing teams to integrate effects.
• Translate briefs into technically accurate FX visuals.
• Optimise FX assets for performance while maintaining quality.
• Troubleshoot technical and artistic issues in Unreal Engine.
• Follow studio pipelines, naming conventions, and workflows.
• Maintain high quality and attention to detail throughout production.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Niagara

FX & Simulations

Rendering tech

Shaders & Materials

Optimization

Procedural FX

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Tools

ZibraFX

Fluid Flux

Job description

Job Openings Senior Unreal FX

About the job Senior Unreal FX

Key Responsibilities

• Create and develop high-quality FX elements and simulations using Unreal Engine.
• Build and integrate real-time effects such as fire, smoke, explosions, dust, debris, atmospheric effects, fluids, and environmental phenomena.
• Develop and optimise Niagara systems for cinematic and real-time applications.
• Work with Unreal Engines FX, materials, particles, and simulation workflows to achieve desired visual results.
• Collaborate with FX, CG, Lighting, Environment, and Compositing artists to ensure seamless integration of effects.
• Translate creative briefs and reference material into technically accurate and visually compelling FX.
• Optimise FX assets and simulations while maintaining visual quality and performance.
• Troubleshoot technical and artistic issues within Unreal Engine.
• Follow established studio pipelines, naming conventions, versioning, and production workflows.
• Take direction and feedback from Supervisors and Leads and implement changes efficiently.Maintain a high level of quality, consistency, and attention to detail throughout production.

Required Skills Experience

• Strong working knowledge of Unreal Engine, particularly Niagara.
• Understanding of FX principles including particles, dynamics, forces, timing, scale, and motion.
• Strong understanding of Unreal Engine FX and simulation plugins, including Zibra and Fluid Flux, with hands-on knowledge of fluid, smoke, VDB, water, and mesh-based simulations, as well as their integration into real-time environment and cinematic production pipelines.
• Experience creating procedural and real-time FX.
• Good understanding of cinematic composition, scale, lighting, and visual storytelling.
• Familiarity with shaders, materials, textures, and procedural workflows.
• Ability to optimise real-time FX for performance without compromising visual quality.
• Understanding of VFX production pipelines and asset management.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a collaborative production environment.
• Strong attention to detail and a passion for high-quality visual effects.
• Strong understanding of Unreal Engine rendering technologies, including Lumen and Path Tracing, with experience in real-time global illumination, reflections, lighting optimisation, cinematic-quality rendering, and production-ready rendering workflows.

Good to Have

• Experience with Houdini and Houdini-to-Unreal workflows.
• Hands-on experience with Blender and Blender-to-Unreal Engine workflows.
• Knowledge of Houdini Niagara integration and procedural FX workflows.
• Experience with traditional FX simulations such as Pyro, RBD, FLIP, and POPs.
• Familiarity with Blueprints and Unreal Engine scripting.
• Knowledge of Python or other scripting/programming languages.
• Experience working on feature films, episodic content, commercials, or AAA game cinematics.
• Understanding of Unreal Engine rendering technologies such as Lumen and Nanite.
• Experience with real-time VFX optimisation and profiling.