Destruction Artist - Temporary (Star Wars Team)

We're looking for a highly skilled Destruction Artist who will embrace our philosophy and share his/her hard earned expertise to create an incredible experience for our players. We’re picturing someone who is passionate about world-building and experienced in creating high quality, in-game environment destruction.

What you’ll do…

• Break up environment geometry and run Maya or Houdini dynamic simulations of their destruction.
• Preserve existing UV information and generate new UVs as needed after fragmenting the geometry.
• Set up objects for real-time destructibility using Physics and Destruction.
• Placement and creation of particles for destructible objects and other effects.
• Ensure that dynamic effects run within established game-engine operating parameters, and scaling level of detail as needed to accomplish this.
• Implement physics simulations into Unreal Engine using Blueprints.
• Work in other disciplines in down-time, such as prop modeling, texturing, or particles.
• Provide feedback to tools programmers and coordinate efforts with other dynamic artists to streamline methods and improve efficiency.
• Work closely with designers to fine-tune the timing of complex interactive dynamic effects.
• Create cloth motion simulations, and fine-tune them for aesthetic effect.
• Coordinate with Environment Artists to seamlessly integrate dynamic effects into environments.

Ideally, you'll have…

• 1+ years’ experience in games as a Destruction Artist.
• Extensive experience working with Maya dynamics or Houdini, including cloth.
• Experience with Houdini is a plus.
• Proficiency with Maya modeling and UV tools.
• Experience working within Unreal Engine and implementing Destruction Animation, including Blueprint scripting.
• A great eye for what is cool and a good sense of environment animation timing.
• Basic to intermediate understanding of rigging is a plus.
• Mel/Python scripting experience is a plus.
• Must provide samples or a demo reel showing applicable experience or take a Destruction Test.
• Passion for making and playing games.
• Shipped AAA game(s) a plus.