Hybrid Unreal Technical Artist - Asset Integration

ADP, Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Pure Imagination Studios in Salina, KS, is seeking a Senior Unreal Technical Artist to own asset integration and performance readiness in Unreal Engine. You will optimize externally authored content, manage LODs and lightmaps, and build lightweight tools to streamline validation and pipeline efficiency.

You will collaborate with art, design, and engineering to ensure assets are readable and performant across real-time experiences, and you will contribute to scalable content workflows and on-site

Qualifications

• Associateulfill two-year college/technical school requirement.
• Bachelorl degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5 to 8 years of Unreal Engine (UE4/UE5) experience as a technical artist, 3D generalist, or real-time content integrator.
• Solid working knowledge with Unreal systems, including Nanite, Lumen, LODs, collisions, lightmaps, and performance profiling.
• Proficiency with DCC tools such as Maya, Blender, Substance, or Houdini for asset prep, optimization, and content validation.
• Familiarity with scripting or automation tools such as Unreal Blueprint, Python, or similar, to support asset integration, workflow efficiency, or content validation.
• Collaborative team member able to work between art, design, and engineering groups to support cohesive real-time experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical quality and performance-readiness of real-time 3D content across environments, props, and characters in Unreal Engine.
• Integrate and optimize externally authored assets, ensuring they meet runtime standards for fidelity, performance, and compatibility.
• Prepare and refine content for clean importincluding naming, scale, collisions, UVs, LODs, and lightmapswhile maintaining project structure and technical discipline.
• Tune scene and asset performance using Nanite, Lumen, level streaming, and profiling tools to support stability across cinematic and interactive contexts.
• Collaborate closely with art, design, and engineering to ensure assets are readable, performant, and function as expected across physical-digital systems.
• Develop lightweight tools or process enhancements using Blueprint, Python, or similar scripting methods to improve asset integration, workflow efficiency, and content validation.
• Support in-world testing and install readiness by troubleshooting asset behavior, visual bugs, or runtime issues in staging and QA environments.
• Contribute to visual consistency across materials, surfacing, simple VFX, and animated elements as needed to support experience delivery.
• Assist in defining content conventions and scalable practices that support future reuse, optimization, and multi-team collaboration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Real-time content integration

Asset optimization

Blueprint scripting

Python scripting

Team collaboration

Performance profiling

Content staging

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Maya

Blender

Substance

Houdini

Job description

Pure Imagination Studios in Salina, KS, is seeking a Senior Unreal Technical Artist to own asset integration and performance readiness in Unreal Engine. You will optimize externally authored content, manage LODs and lightmaps, and build lightweight tools to streamline validation and pipeline efficiency.

You will collaborate with art, design, and engineering to ensure assets are readable and performant across real-time experiences, and you will contribute to scalable content workflows and on-site