Lead the visual experience: Provide technical leadership and strategic vision for our content, simulation, and rendering teams, fostering a culture of creativity and technical excellence.
Drive Innovation: Apply cutting-edge game technology principles and techniques to enhance the realism, fidelity, and performance of our synthetic data platform.
Own the Vision: Define the technical roadmap for the team, aligning with broader company objectives and product vision.
Ensure Delivery: Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and deliverables to ensure successful execution of projects.
Collaborate: Partner with cross-functional teams (ML, platform, SDK, QA) to integrate and optimize graphics, simulation, and rendering within the broader product ecosystem.
Recruit and Retain: Attract top talent and build a high-performing team capable of pushing the boundaries of game technology.
Elevate Quality: Establish and maintain high standards for code quality, performance optimization, and artistic excellence.
Elevate Performance: Continuously optimize system performance to meet the demands of complex simulations and rendering.
Requirements & Skills:
Industry expertise: Deep experience in the video game, computer animation, or VFX industries, with demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality visuals and simulations.
Technical leadership: Proven track record of leading and mentoring high-performing technical teams in game technology or related fields.
Strong communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate technical concepts clearly and concisely.
Artistic Sensibility: A strong understanding of visual aesthetics, lighting, composition, and animation principles.
Strategic mindset: Ability to translate business objectives into actionable technical goals and roadmaps.
Problem-solving skills: A knack for identifying and resolving complex technical challenges.
Passion for innovation: A drive to explore new technologies and methodologies to advance the state of the art.
Unreal Engine expertise: In-depth knowledge of Unreal Engine and its application to rendering and simulation.
Houdini experience: Familiarity with Houdini for 3D content creation and procedural workflows.
C++ proficiency: Strong programming skills in C++, the primary language used by our engineering team.
Domain knowledge: Experience with machine learning, computer vision, or synthetic data.
Version control: Experience using Perforce for source control and release management.
Cloud infrastructure: Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) for deploying and scaling applications.
