Senior 3D Technical Artist for AI Robotics Simulations

General Robotics; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401K plan

Competitive base salary

Job summary

General Robotics is seeking a 3D Technical Artist/Creative Technologist to onboard robots to AirGen and GRID, creating high‑fidelity simulations for autonomous systems. You will translate real‑world challenges into Unreal Engine and NVIDIA Isaac Sim workflows, developing tools and pipelines for sensor modeling and digital twins.

The role sits in Customer Success and involves collaborating with robotics and perception teams to ensure accurate visual and physical fidelity across pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, Fine Arts, Technical Animation, Robotics, or related field (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist/Director/Creative Technologist in gaming, VFX, or industrial simulation.
• Proficiency in Houdini for procedural generation, assets processing, and sim workflows.
• USD (Universal Scene Description) expertise for multi-tool pipelines in NVIDIA Omniverse/Isaac Sim ecosystem.
• Expertise in Unreal Engine (Blueprints, Materials, Niagara) and/or NVIDIA Isaac Sim.
• Strong understanding of PBR workflows, lighting and real-time rendering constraints.
• Experience with 3D scanning, photogrammetry, and studio photography.

Responsibilities

• Onboard robotic CAD and high-fidelity models into Unreal Engine (AirGen) and Isaac Sim with correct kinematics and real-time performance.
• Develop custom tools and simulation scenarios for customer use cases including sensor modeling (Lidar, Depth, RGB).
• Build pipelines for generating large-scale synthetic datasets to train AI models for navigation.
• Create 3D scanning and photogrammetry workflows for digital twins in high-fidelity simulations.
• Collaborate with Robotics Engineers, Perception, and Simulation teams to ensure fidelity to real-world data.

Skills

Houdini

USD

Unreal Engine

Python scripting

Linux

Windows

Security mindset

Education

Bachelor/Master in CS or related

Tools

NVIDIA Omniverse

Isaac Sim

Unreal Engine

Azure Cloud

Job description

General Robotics is seeking a 3D Technical Artist/Creative Technologist to onboard robots to AirGen and GRID, creating high‑fidelity simulations for autonomous systems. You will translate real‑world challenges into Unreal Engine and NVIDIA Isaac Sim workflows, developing tools and pipelines for sensor modeling and digital twins.

The role sits in Customer Success and involves collaborating with robotics and perception teams to ensure accurate visual and physical fidelity across pipelines.