Shader Tech Art Intern – Real-Time Rendering & HLSL

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Japan); Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Insomniac Games in Burbank, CA, invites a Technical Artist Intern to design, develop, and optimize shaders within our content pipelines, helping environments and characters come to life.

You'll work with artists and programmers to create visual effects, maintain performance, and explore new techniques in real-time rendering and graphics optimization. This 12-week internship pays $36.50/hour and relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, or a related field.
• Strong foundation in shader programming and graphics concepts.
• Experience with real-time rendering and shader optimization is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement small-scale shaders to help asset teams develop game content.
• Collaborate with artists and programmers to craft technical solutions for production.
• Maintain and improve existing shaders for performance and visual quality.
• Debug and fix material graphs to resolve visual issues.
• Document implementation details to support workflows and collaboration.
• Create sample content to test workflows and demonstrate solutions.
• Explore new shader tech relevant to real-time rendering trends.

Skills

Shader programming

HLSL

Real-time rendering

3D math

Graphics pipelines

Unity

Unreal Engine

Debugging skills

Collaboration

PBR knowledge

Post-processing

Job description

Insomniac Games in Burbank, CA, invites a Technical Artist Intern to design, develop, and optimize shaders within our content pipelines, helping environments and characters come to life.

You'll work with artists and programmers to create visual effects, maintain performance, and explore new techniques in real-time rendering and graphics optimization. This 12-week internship pays $36.50/hour and relocation assistance is available for eligible candidates.