Real-Time 3D Technical Artist - Shaders & VFX

HCL Technologies Limited; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

AD&D coverage

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

401(k) retirement plan

10 days paid time off per year

10 paid holidays per year

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a graphics-focused engineer to design and optimize materials for real-time rendering. You will handle PBR workflows, glTF asset pipelines, and shader work while targeting low-end hardware for broad compatibility.

You will also contribute to VFX systems and collaborate with React Three Fiber components to integrate assets runtime, ensuring efficient performance on constrained devices.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with PBR workflows, metalness/roughness, IBL and transmission for glass/liquids.
• Experience with glTF/GLB export, optimization, and clean node naming for runtime binding.
• Strong sense of triangle budgets, texture memory, draw calls and frame time.

Responsibilities

• Author and optimize materials for real-time rendering.
• Manage glTF asset pipeline from modeling to export.
• Optimize for low-end hardware and ensure efficient rendering performance.
• Write and modify GLSL shaders for materials/effects.
• Develop real-time VFX/particle systems with budget-conscious approaches.
• Collaborate with frontend stack using JSX/React Three Fiber to integrate assets.

Skills

PBR material authoring

glTF/GLB asset pipeline

Real-time performance discipline

GLSL shader ability

Real-time VFX/particle systems

JSX/React Three Fiber familiarity

Tools

React Three Fiber

Job description

HCLTech is seeking a graphics-focused engineer to design and optimize materials for real-time rendering. You will handle PBR workflows, glTF asset pipelines, and shader work while targeting low-end hardware for broad compatibility.

You will also contribute to VFX systems and collaborate with React Three Fiber components to integrate assets runtime, ensuring efficient performance on constrained devices.