Position Summary:AGBO is looking for a Technical Artist, Assets/Materials to serve as a key technical voice on asset quality, material systems, and the end-to-end pipeline that moves content from DCC tools into our game. You will design the materials library, enforce asset standards, and build the tools that keep the art team working efficiently and consistently.
Key Responsibilities:- Design, build and maintain a library of modular master materials, material function, and material parameter collections in UE5
- Create and enforce naming conventions, LOD specifications, collision set up requirements, and import settings across all asset categories
- Build the asset pipeline; Automate import, validation, LOD generation, and asset audit processes using Python and Unreal's scripting API
- Develop complex materials for props, weapons, vehicles, and hard-surface assets including decals, damage states, and runtime blending
- Manage baking workflow, texture atlasing, channel packing, and export presets for all asset categories
- Audit draw calls, texture memory, overdraw, and material complexity; identify and action optimization targets
- Partner with Art Direction and translate visual targets & style guides into technically sound, scalable material solutions
- Develop and maintain internal tooling; build Python/Blueprint tools for batch processing, asset validation, and content browser management
- Interface with internal artist teams and codevelopers to maintain milestone cadences
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Qualifications & Skills:- 3-5 years of professional experience as a Technical Artist focused on materials/shaders on shipped AAA titles
- Deep knowledge and experience working in Unreal Engine 5 - Material Functions, Layers, Parameter Collections
- Strong Substance Designer skills for procedural material authoring and baking workflows
- Proficiency in HLSL and an understanding of the underlying GPU shader model
- Python scripting experience for pipeline automation and tooling
- Thorough understanding of PBR theory, texture compression, and memory budgeting
- Experience with asset validation, audit pipelines, and large-scale content management
Additional Information:- This role is based in Los Angeles, CA or Raleigh, NC and only candidates located in or willing to relocate to the area will be considered.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position.
