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Intro: Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.Summary: Join a team of artists and engineers who are passionate about creating a cutting-edge VR experience. The AR/VR Team is seeking an experienced Technical Artist to help our content teams. Technical Artists are generally responsible for the technical aspects of art asset development. This entails working closely with Art and Engineering to develop and support the asset pipeline, animation & rigging tools, animation rigs, real-time effects, and materials.This position is full-time and based in Menlo Park.Required Skills:
Partner closely with the engineering and design teams to define and develop content in Unity, Unreal Engine, VR Shell, and other graphic engines
Design, manage and maintain the pipeline from artists and designers through to deployment
Optimize content through enhancing performance and instructing the artists and designers on asset creation, modeling and texturing best practices
Work closely with engineers to implement interactive objects and systems
Partner with cross-functional leads to resolve issues
Responsible for maintaining assets from creation to shipping
Collaborate and iterate based on the team's needs
Develop Maya tools and plug-ins for rigging and animation production
Develop broad technical expertise to assist in a wide variety technical and artistic tasks
Minimum Qualifications:
5+ years experience using Maya Python/PyMEL, C API, PySide/PyQt
5+ years of experience in game development or film as a Technical Artist
Experience collaborating on multi-disciplinary teams
Experience communicating across team members including engineers and artists
Knowledge of character rigging in Maya
Experience in facial rigging
Experience with motion capture
Experience with realtime asset implementation and optimization techniques
Experience working with Unity and/or UE4
Preferred Qualifications:
Content development experience, including shipped AAA games
Prior virtual reality experience
Shader programming experience
Industry: InternetEqual Opportunity: Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
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