3D Generalist

Index AR Solutions LLC; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Pet insurance

401(k) with employer contribution

Paid holidays

PTO and parental leave

Job summary

Index AR Solutions LLC is seeking an Associate 3D Generalist focused on rigging to build optimized rigs for real-world AR applications. The role centers on modeling, UVing, texturing, and animation in Maya and Substance tools, with mentorship in Unity-based workflows for production.

The team emphasizes safe, high-quality results for industrial AR deployments, with collaboration across engineering and creative teams and travel to client sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field.
• Experience with Maya, Substance Painter, and Substance Designer for hard-surface modeling, UVing, and texturing.
• Experience with tiling textures and materials.
• Strong attention to detail and eagerness to learn technical requirements.
• Experience with Unity or Unreal Engine is a plus.
• Familiarity with ZBrush, Photoshop, or other Adobe Creative Cloud tools is a plus.
• Experience with prop rigging, mechanical rigging, skin weighting, hierarchy optimization, real-time asset integration, mechanical constraints, pivot alignment, hierarchy kinematics, low-poly hard-surface modeling, and texturing.
• Willingness to travel to client sites approximately one week every ten weeks.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with app engineers and experienced 3D generalists to understand client challenges and project goals.
• Create accurate 3D models, UV layouts, textures, and animations that meet visual and technical requirements provided by the app engineer and client stakeholders.
• Communicate progress and incorporate feedback from app engineers and client stakeholders.
• Optimize models for mobile platforms such as iPad and iPhone.
• With training and mentorship, contribute to Unity animations, environments, and shaders used in production applications.
• Use source control tools to push updates and collaborate with the broader app development team.
• Create articulated skeletons (rigs) for 3D models for animation in Maya.
• Anticipate and resolve performance problems.
• Develop Unity compatible animation and rigging techniques that the 3D Team can use to import skinned models to the engine.
• Ensure all assets and rigs are optimized for rendering or game engines.

Skills

Rigging

Hard-surface modeling

UV mapping

Texturing

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in 3D Animation, Computer Graphics, Digital Art, Game Art, VR Development or related field

Tools

Maya

Substance Painter

Substance Designer

Unity

Unreal Engine

ZBrush

Photoshop

Source control

Job description

Description

Index AR Solutions is looking for an Associate 3D Generalist with a strong focus on rigging to build optimized, high-performance character and prop rigs to join our team and support the creation of custom-built augmented reality applications for real-world industrial use.

This role will primarily focus on modeling, UVing, texturing, and animation using Maya, Substance Painter, and Substance Designer. Index will also mentor this position in Unity-based technical artist workflows, including animation, environment creation, and shader development.

OUR MISSION is to make workers safer and more capable of doing their jobs. We value teammates who communicate clearly, treat everyone with respect and dignity, and deliver excellent products and services to our clients.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with app engineers and experienced 3D generalists to understand client challenges and project goals.
• Create accurate 3D models, UV layouts, textures, and animations that meet visual and technical requirements provided by the app engineer and client stakeholders.
• Communicate progress and incorporate feedback from app engineers and client stakeholders.
• Optimize models for mobile platforms such as iPad and iPhone.
• With training and mentorship, contribute to Unity animations, environments, and shaders used in production applications.
• Use source control tools to push updates and collaborate with the broader app development team.
• Create articulated skeletons (rigs) for 3D models for animation in Maya.
• Anticipate and resolve performance problems.
• Develop Unity compatible animation and rigging techniques that the 3D Team can use to import skinned models to the engine.
• Ensure all assets and rigs are optimized for rendering or game engines.

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in 3D Animation, Computer Graphics, Digital Art, Game Art, Virtual Reality Development, Industrial Design, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with Maya, Substance Painter, and Substance Designer for hard-surface modeling, UVing, and texturing.
• Experience with tiling textures and materials.
• Strong attention to detail and eagerness to learn technical requirements.
• Experience with Unity or Unreal Engine is a plus.
• Familiarity with ZBrush, Photoshop, or other Adobe Creative Cloud tools is a plus.
• Experience with source control is a plus.
• Experience with prop rigging, mechanical rigging, skin weighting, hierarchy optimization, real-time asset integration, mechanical constraints, pivot alignment, hierarchy kinematics, low-poly hard-surface modeling, and texturing.
• Willingness to travel to client sites approximately one week every ten weeks.

Job Type

• Full-time, in-office salaried employee
• Monday through Friday work schedule
• 8:00 am to 5:00 pm with a one-hour lunch break

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and pet insurance
• Concierge telemedicine services
• Company-paid short-term (STD) and long-term (LTD) insurance
• Merchandise stipend and TSA PreCheck reimbursement
• 401(k) with a 3% Safe Harbor employer contribution
• Ten paid holidays annually
• Four weeks of paid time off (PTO)
• Four weeks of paid parental leave

Work Location

460 McLaws Circle, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Apply

In your portfolio, please demonstrate proficiency in 3D modeling, UVing, and texturing for hard surface models. Our preference is to see work using Maya and Substance Painter. If interested, please send your resume, cover letter, and portfolio to [e-mail].