About the role
We are actively looking for a Lead Environment Artist to lay the foundation of our environment art workflow to produce AAA quality 3D environment art. Your role will be to create assets at the highest standards of visual fidelity. You will build a high performing team, mentoring other artists in matters of quality, correctness, and efficiency. We expect you to design and enforce workflows that enable our assets to be as flexible, variable, and photo-realistic as possible.
At Applied, you will:
- Lead the environment art team in developing AAA quality environment workflows and assets and provide regular mentoring, review, and feedback on artists’ work in a clear and constructive manner
- Set up efficient outsourcing workflows and actively participate in the constant improvement of work methods and pipelines
- Create a library of accurate 3D models for objects encountered during normal driving scenarios, as well as a library of PBR materials, master materials, and textures that enable variation and reuse
- Work closely with simulation engineers to ensure generated models provide sufficient fidelity for simulation
- Ensure models are built to work with procedural toolchain
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Expertise using a 3D modeling tool (eg. Maya) and a sculpting tool (Zbrush, Mudbox)
- Strong background as a quality texture artist with thorough understanding of normalmap baking, substance tools, etc.
- Proficiency with at least 1 AAA engine, like Unreal/Frostbite or other internal equivalent
- Excellent understanding of PBR literature and light propagation mechanics
Nice to have:
- Houdini experience
- Prior experience in creating virtual worlds for AV simulation
- Expertise in photogrammetry and similar approaches to recreate environments
About Applied
Autonomy is one of the leading technological advances of this century that will come to impact our lives. The work you’ll do at Applied will meaningfully accelerate the efforts of the top autonomy teams in the world. At Applied, you will have a unique perspective on the development of cutting-edge technology while working with major players across the industry and the globe.Applied Intuition provides software solutions to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale. The company’s suite of simulation, validation, and drive log management software enables development teams to create thousands of scenarios in minutes, run simulations at scale, and verify and validate algorithms for production deployment. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Los Angeles, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo, Applied consists of software, robotics, and automotive experts with experiences from top global companies. Leading autonomy programs and 17 of the top 20 global OEMs use Applied’s solutions to bring autonomy to market faster.
