Senior Hard Surface Artist

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Senior Hard Surface Artist to join our team working on an exciting collaboration with Disney. In this role, you will partner closely with art, design, animation, tech animation, and production teams to help create a steady stream of high-quality mechanical and organic content for an unannounced project. You’ll bring complex assets to life through exceptional modeling, texturing, and artistic execution while helping establish the visual standard for hyper-realistic hard surface content.

In this role, you will

• Create highly detailed hard surface models with strong articulation and animation support.
• Develop simple to moderately complex organic meshes as needed to support gameplay and world-building requirements.
• Model and texture high-poly and low-poly assets, including weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and other mechanical elements.
• Collaborate closely with gameplay, animation, tech animation, visual effects, and tech art teams to ensure assets meet artistic and technical requirements.
• Produce high-quality hyper-realistic models, materials, and textures that support the project’s visual direction.
• Translate 2D and 3D concept art into fully realized in-game assets while maintaining fidelity to the original artistic vision.
• Help drive quality standards and contribute to visual problem-solving across the art pipeline.

What we're looking for

• Exceptional hard surface modeling skills with experience creating high-quality mechanical assets for games or real-time experiences.
• Strong proficiency with industry-standard 3D software, including tools such as Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Plasticity, and ZBrush.
• Excellent understanding of texturing workflows, PBR materials, and realistic surface creation.
• Ability to take assets from concept through final implementation with strong attention to detail and craftsmanship.
• Experience creating functional and articulated mechanical models suitable for animation pipelines.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple disciplines.
• Passion for creating world-class visual content and pushing quality to the next level.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.