Senior Unreal Generalist — Real-Time Immersive Experiences

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid medical leave

Bonus potential

Job summary

Pure Imagination Studios in Salina, CA is seeking a Senior Unreal Generalist to assemble and stage interactive scenes in Unreal Engine. You will enhance guest-facing polish with lighting, sequencing, and optimized assets for real-time experiences.

The role requires 5–8 years of Unreal Engine experience, collaboration across art, design, and engineering, and a willingness to travel up to 15% for installations and tests. A hybrid work setup is provided.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year college/technical school required.
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university is preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 to 8 years of experience in Unreal Engine working across interactive, simulation, or real-time media projects.
• Experience with importing and organizing assets from external vendors or internal pipelines using clean naming, hierarchy, and performance conventions.
• Experience staging interactive or narrative content using Sequencer, Blueprints, or simple trigger logic.
• Proficient in lighting, surfacing, and post-process tuning to support stylistic consistency and guest-facing clarity.
• Familiarity with optimization best practices in UE5 (Nanite, LODs, collisions, level streaming, lightmap usage).
• Collaborative team member able to work between art, design, and engineering groups to support cohesive real-time experiences.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and stage interactive scenes in Unreal Engine, using modular environments, stylized props, and externally authored assets.
• Collaborate with designers and technical artists to maintain spatial clarity, performance goals, and visual alignment with project intent.
• Apply lighting, post-processing, and material tweaks to enhance readability, mood, and guest-facing polish in interactive and transitional moments.
• Set up light cinematic sequences using Sequencer, including simple camera blocking, animation triggers, and environment timing.
• Integrate pre-authored animations, mocap sequences, or narrative moments into interactive spaces—ensuring transitions feel smooth and intentional.
• Support installation-ready content by validating visual performance, readability, and runtime integrity across physical and digital spaces.
• Contribute to scene optimization through basic LOD setup, occlusion tuning, asset consolidation, and material organization.
• Work closely with the Experience Design and Technical Art teams to ensure visuals support mission clarity, tone, and emotional beats without sacrificing performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Unreal Engine experience

Sequencer/Blueprints

Lighting & post-process

Asset integration & optimization

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

On-site installation experience

Travel up to 15%

Strong communication

Education

Associate’s degree or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent

Tools

Sequencer

Blueprints

Niagara FX

Job description

Pure Imagination Studios in Salina, CA is seeking a Senior Unreal Generalist to assemble and stage interactive scenes in Unreal Engine. You will enhance guest-facing polish with lighting, sequencing, and optimized assets for real-time experiences.

The role requires 5–8 years of Unreal Engine experience, collaboration across art, design, and engineering, and a willingness to travel up to 15% for installations and tests. A hybrid work setup is provided.