Technical Artist (Tool Development) - Sports Technology

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences.

EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL Football, FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

EA SPORTS Tech provides specialized technology teams working on modern character motion, content pipelines and workflows, machine learning, game security, dev ops, as well as long lead feature and technology development for all EA SPORTS titles.

As part of EA SPORTS Tech, the Technical Art Team helps push visual boundaries and experiences for our players. We invest in future technologies, shared tooling, and production workflows.

We combine creativity and imagination with technical expertise. We are a diverse group that encourages team members to bring their unique perspectives and expertise to work every day.

Your Responsibilities :

The Technical Artist develops pipelines, workflows, and technology innovations used by content creators across all of EA SPORTS.

As part of a central team of Technical Artists, they partner with development teams to build shared and scalable solutions.

The main areas of responsibilities include development of content production tools, pipelines, asset optimization / integration, and workflows.

TAs are expected to assume ownership over any technical issues that arise on their projects and bring them to resolution.

You can be from an Art, Design, Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science background; however, you must demonstrate a comfort level in working with both art and science.

Technical Artists report to Technical Art Directors on the EA SPORTS Tech - Technical Art team.

Your Qualifications :

• At least 4 years of cinematic or games production experience.
• A bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in a related field.
• Effective at communicating with different audiences : artists, engineers, managers.
• Proficient scripting / programming in Python or C#. (C++ is a bonus).
• Experience with 2D / 3D art packages such as Maya, Photoshop, Houdini.
• A solutions provider, especially as it pertains to testing and debugging technical issues.
• A willingness to jump into the unknown and solve new problems to resolve technical challenges and limitations.
• A Passion for Games!

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting.

Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) :

º $96,400 - $133,900 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI / QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental / adoption leave), extended health / dental / vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees.

Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity. "