Technical Artist

Company Description

Ubisoft Barcelona, has developed for over 25 years a strong expertise in the **production of videogames** from a large variety of genres and platforms. Our goal is to bring outstanding experiences to our players around the world. Our passion is innovation and using cutting-edge technology to deliver the unexpected.
Our teams are behind memorable **AAA titles** such **as “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege”, “Beyond Good & Evil 2”, “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla”**etc.

**Job Description**:
Join Anvil Pipeline's ambitious team, whose mandate is to collaboratively develop the technologies related to the Anvil/Scimitar video game production pipeline.

As a Technical Artist you will be the **owner of our Destruction tech in terms of usability and pipeline**. You will act as a bridge between artists and programmers by supporting both teams and their workflow & pipelines. You will be the one who will take care that the destruction pipeline is in good shape, for that you will be responsible of:

- Set up and maintain destruction reference data.
- Prototype new features or rules.
- Working on the tools and scripts to improve the usability and functionality.
- Document how the tech can be used from a user perspective.
- Help new productions onboard and start using the technology.

**Qualifications**:

- Shipped at least 1 AAA title as a Technical Artist.
- Deep knowledge about different art creation workflows.
- Extensive knowledge about the art pipeline. From content creation tools to engine integration and set-up.
- Ability to monitor, measure and understand the technical requirements of art content. (polycount, pixel-texel ratio, drawcalls, shader complexity, etc ).
- Extensive knowledge of modern engine features.
- Experience working with Physics Systems.
- Proven experience developing in-engine tools for art development (editors, technology, art systems, FX, ).
- Comfortable working independently within a group environment, with a proactive attitude towards problem solving.
- Team player.
- Excellent English communication skills.

Nice to have
- Experience with scripting and plugin programming (experience with Python, C#, C++ or similar programming language; export/import tools, content processors, etc ).
- Modern high level shader languages: GLSL, HLSL, etc
- Proven experience developing complex shaders.
- Experience with technical FX set-up (destruction, water systems, procedural FX generation, etc ).
- Experience with world procedural generation systems.

Additional Information

Our studio is located in one of the most popular urban area of Europe**:Barcelona** We bet that you know Barcelona, either for its amazing architecture / monuments, famous nightlife, restaurants, super weather and beaches, culture or for **its great life quality**.
Here in Barcelona, as well as in the studio, you will meet people from **around the world**, eat hundreds of different foods, play different sports, talk about art and history, **share amazing life experience** with **creative**, **open-minded** and **dynamic** people.
We encourage everyone to **inspire the world and build the future** We promote a friendly, creative and passionate culture to develop the best AAA game and invest time in playing any type of games**, if it’s together, even better**

Are you ready to join the Ubi family for your new challenge? We are already excited to meet you

**What we offer**
- Restaurant Tickets: 120 € per month (1440€ net/Year).
- 25 working days of holidays and the day of your birthday.
- Flexible working hours & Flexible Friday.
- Work from home (Up to 60 % in a month).
- Beneficial Price to a Health Care Insurance for you (and eventually to the members of your family).
- Beneficial Price to Sport activities and gym (app: Andjoy).
- Access to tax discounts from your public transport and kindergarten costs.
- Free Fruits and drinks in the Office.
- Breakfast in the Office.
- Free access to Ubisoft games on PC / Discounts for Ubisoft console games.
- Team Building events.

Ubisoft Barcelona as an equal opportunity employer is committed to create an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of our player community. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, age, marital status, disability or all the other characteristics that make us different. We've learnt that we thrive on learning from each other, so we don't just welcome but actively hire a range of open-minded people from different backgrounds.

**We encourage you to provide**
- CV in English (In respect of the EOE statement we don´t require personal information such as picture, home address, ID number, etc.)