[PAID] Optimization Engineer / Technical Artist
Team Name:
Vita Motus Design Studio
Project Title:
Virtual Production for Live Music Events and Digital Festivals
Description:
As the live entertainment industry braces for an overhaul given the state of the world, many artists are looking toward tools like Unreal to share their voice. Vita Motus is a production design studio adapting to this pivotal moment by providing virtual production solutions using Unreal.
Navigate emerging intersections of real-time technology and live music entertainment. Under the responsibility of the Lead Production Designer, and in close collaboration with the project production team, you will provide the technical support and insight to our otherwise mostly design focused group. This individual will support the team in implementing industry standard workflows, assisting us to finalize and ship experiences across platforms.
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Wield strong understandings across areas such as:
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Optimization
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Shading
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Lighting
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Procedural creation
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Scripts/Pipeline work
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Visual Effects (FX)
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Prototyping
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Blueprints, Materials, Level Streaming
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Ability to communicate to C++ programmers to “officially re-write” features to the engine
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Test and prototype new graphics or content creation methods
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Writing in various scripting languages: MAXScript, Python, MATLAB
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Solid understanding of trigonometry and vector math
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Optimization
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Developing content guidelines and workflows to ensure best practices
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Managing source control
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Reducing scene complexity
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Analyzing content using profiling tools and/or spreadsheets to optimize memory/performance
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Adjusting project graphics settings
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Understanding how the various parts of a computer work together to render a scene, from loading the data from the hard drive to presenting it as an image to the player
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Negotiating between art/code to find best compromise
Previous Work:
Shiba San - DGTL LIB 2020
Tokimonsta - DGTL LIB 2020
Showtime’s The Chi w. Love
Billboard: Watch Sets by Four Tet, Tokimonsta & More From Lightning In a Bottle’s Livestream: Exclusive
BizBash: Is This What Future Music Festivals Will Look Like?
edm.com: Do LaB’s Virtual Lightning In A Bottle Festival, DGTL LIB, Is Now Live
SFWeekly: Lightning in a Bottle Festival Goes Virtual
Qualifications:
- College-level (DEC) or other diploma in technical, design, or related field
- 5+ years experience as Technical Lead or equivalent at a game design studio
- Good working knowledge of streaming systems and related technologies
- Strong planning and organization skills
- Autonomy, flexibility, resourcefulness, and diplomacy
- Setting clear and reasonable work completion expectations
- Willingness to offer around the clock availability during hard pushes and evening events
- Experience with video codecs, NDI, Twitch, OBS
- Expert proficiency in Unreal
Website:
portfolio: vitamotus.com
Contact:
E-mail: [EMAIL=“monica@vitamotus.com”]monica@vitamotus.com