Technical Artist (Temporary Assignment)

This position is for a temporary engagement through our staffing partner Yoh Services.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this position.

Summary: 
Naughty Dog is seeking a Technical Artist to join our studio. This strong communicator would work closely with Art and Engineering to develop assets, tools, and new standards and workflows – whatever it takes to push the beauty of our games to new levels!

“Technical Artist” is a very broad category, and every Technical Artist has a unique set of skills. You may consider yourself to be a generalist, or you may be laser-focused on one particular part of the pipeline. If you think you’ve got what it takes to help Naughty Dog raise the bar, we’d like to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Create tools that streamline artist workflow (example: asset management tools, pipeline automation scripts) 
• Create tools that give artists more power within Maya (example: procedural content generation and placement tools, advanced Boolean tools)
• Ensure feature interfaces are user-friendly
• Create well-architected systems that can be built upon for years to come
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed, or if you can show us a better way to do things!

Requirements & Skills:

• Intermediate Maya Python and PyQT/PySide experience
• Ability to write clean tools code
• Artistic experience and content creation skills (can be rigging, modeling, texturing, lighting, VFX or any other area where you have experience, but in-depth knowledge of content creation techniques is critical!)
• Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Good oral and written skills
• Experience in C# or related languages is a plus
• OpenMaya experience is a plus

As part of the Naughty Dog application process, candidates should expect to be given a technical interview and may be asked to complete an art test.