Senior Technical Artist: Real-Time Immersive Visuals

Industrial Light & Magic; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 134,300 - 171,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Bonus potential

Long-term incentive units

Job summary

Industrial Light & Magic is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to contribute to immersive experiences across VR and AR platforms. The role involves creating advanced visuals, optimizing workflows, and collaboration between content and engineering teams.

Candidates should have over five years of experience in the gaming or film industry, strong skills in 3D art, and familiarity with programming languages like Python and C++. This position is located in San Francisco with a salary range of $134,300 to $171,800.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in games, film, television, AR/VR or related fields.
• Strong skills in optimizing and constructing modeling, texturing, uv mapping, shading, lighting.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Conceive and implement technically advanced visuals and procedural systems.
• Partner with teams to manage project technical requirements.
• Mentor and collaborate with fellow Technical Artists.

Skills

3D art skills

Programming/scripting (Python, C++, C#, Java, VEX, MEL)

Unreal Engine workflows

Real-time shader implementations

Optimizing and constructing for real-time workflows

Tools

Maya

Houdini

Blender

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Photoshop

Job description

Industrial Light & Magic is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to contribute to immersive experiences across VR and AR platforms. The role involves creating advanced visuals, optimizing workflows, and collaboration between content and engineering teams.

Candidates should have over five years of experience in the gaming or film industry, strong skills in 3D art, and familiarity with programming languages like Python and C++. This position is located in San Francisco with a salary range of $134,300 to $171,800.