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Technical Artist - Terrain

Electronic Arts
Montreal, QC, Canada
$93.7K-$143.7K a year
Full-time

What does a Technical Artist do?

As a Technical Artist, you will report to Frostbite's Technical Art Director. You will directly contribute to and push the boundaries of the newest terrain tools and workflows that Frostbite releases to game teams.

You'll help make our development process more creator-centric by serving as a link between engineers and game creators.

You Will

  • As a Technical Artist on Frostbite, you will collaborate directly with engineers, product owners and game teams to improve the tools and workflows of our terrain and procedural systems.
  • You will collaborate with the Frostbite content team to build tech demos and create documentation and training materials to help educate the Frostbite community and broadcast Frostbite's capabilities.
  • You will collaborate and advise on tools, workflows and best practices with Technical Artists and Designers across all of EA studios using Frostbite.

You Will Need

  • At least 5+ years in game development or film industry, with a focus around open world, terrain world building, Terrain Procedural World Building.
  • Experience creating terrain procedural solutions and algorithms in a game or film production environment.
  • Experience working with terrains tools in a game engine or in external software. (Quadspinner Gaea, world machine, world Creator, etc.)
  • Experience with shader authoring through HLSL or node scripting
  • Shipped 2+ games or similar within relevant industries.

Bonus

  • Experience helping others achieve their best through game development tools
  • Experience with a diversity of content creation tools within a game engine
  • Knowledge of Lua, Python or other scripting languages
  • Comfortable engaging and building relationships with multiple teams and individuals globally
  • Experience using Maya, Substance or other DCCs

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting.

Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) :

º $93,700 - $143,700 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI / QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental / adoption leave), extended health / dental / vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees.

Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us.

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life.

We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more.

Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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