Location: San Jose, CA
Discipline: UX / Product Design
Experience: 4+ years
Compensation: TBD
Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds of up to 150 mph while producing minimal noise.
Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.
What you’ll do:
Creation of realistic and fictitious virtual environments and assets.
Optimization of assets and scenes for use in both real-time and pre-rendered (ray traced/path traced).
Material generation and virtual material prototyping (PBR pipeline).
Environmental atmospheric and lighting setups.
Creation of blueprints.
UV and Texturing.
Rendering high-quality, photorealistic content.
Collaborating with leadership and design teams to create visually stunning imagery.
What you need:
4+years of relevant work experience.
Bachelor's degree in Media, Fine Arts, Gaming, Industrial Design or related field.
Good portfolio displaying your skills as an Artist.
Solid artistic and technical knowledge (preferably Unreal Engine).
Knowledge of PBR based workflows and software (e.g. Substance Designer/Painter/Alchemist).
Ability to understand color, visual compositions and lighting.
Knowledge of traditional DCC tools (e.g. Maya, Blender, Zbrush, Photoshop).
Accustomed to going above and beyond whilst working within tight deadlines.
Excellent communicator, team player, resourceful, and organized.
Highly motivated and proactive.
A passion for learning new tools/techniques and open to exchanging knowledge.
Bonus Qualifications:
Understanding of post-production, compositing and AE/Nuke/Photoshop workflows.
Experience design and modeling architectural based environments.
Perforce or related version management systems.
Aerospace or Automotive experience is a plus or good knowledge of vehicles.
