Unreal Technical Designer & Data Specialist

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Digital Product Design at Ford is committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling product experiences that our customers need and love. We work in close partnership with product and engineering to deliver best-in-class interactions experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future . Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, visual designers, industrial designers, modelers, and project managers.

We are seeking a talented highly skilled Unreal Technical Designer with a proven track record of implementing efficient data pipelines for mobile platforms to join our team and play a pivotal role in building and optimizing our 3D content creation pipeline. You will be responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining data related workflows and streamline our production process, ensuring high-quality assets and efficient content creation specifically for mobile devices.

What you'll do...

• Extensive experience working with product engineering 3D data pipelines, with a focus on locating, ingesting, and structuring data for real-time rendering applications.

• Ability to establish a clear and intuitive hierarchy and naming conventions for 3D product files, ensuring ease of access and use.

• Mobile-Optimized Data Prep: Design and build custom pipelines to prepare assets for optimal performance on mobile and embedded devices. This includes optimizing geometry, textures, materials, and shaders for efficient rendering on limited hardware.

• Streamlined Mobile Workflows: Design and build custom pipelines to automate and simplify complex processes for artists and production teams, ensuring seamless integration of work specifically for mobile and embedded hardware projects.

• Unreal Engine Mobile Integration: Translate creative concepts and technical requirements into functional real-time assets within the Unreal Engine environment, optimizing for mobile and embedded devices.

• Mobile Best Practices and Standards: Contribute to the development of best practices and standards for mobile real-time design within the team, focusing on Unreal Engine implementation for mobile and embedded hardware platforms.

• Workflow Solutions: Collaborate with artists to create tools and workflow solutions that streamline the entire pipeline from asset creation to final delivery for mobile and embedded hardware projects using Unreal Engine.

• Data Management: Develop and implement efficient solutions for data management, asset tracking, and version control, ensuring seamless integration with Unreal Engine projects.

• Documentation: Create documentation and training materials for pipeline users, focusing on Unreal Engine usage and best practices for mobile development.

You'll have...

• 3+ years of experience in Unreal and data prep related workflows.

• Maya, VRED, Unreal engine preferred.

• Strong understanding of 3D content creation workflows and common industry tools (e.g., Maya, Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, etc.).

• Understanding of how material and shaders function in different applications, fundamental understanding of shader code principles and understanding to engine tools (e.g. Unreal material editor, Maya)

• Experience with real time and pre-rendered CGI processes. Familiarity with taking renders to production, visualization methods, image composition, texture baking optimization.

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, Perforce).

• Solid understanding of data management, asset tracking, and pipeline optimization principles.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

• Passion for creating efficient and robust pipelines that empower creative teams.

• Experience with real-time engines like Unreal Engine, Unity, Kanzi, etc.

Even better, you may have...

• Experience with UMG and prototyping within Unreal Engine.

• Experience with TeamCenter a plus.

• Experience shipping assets in a game development environment.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

• Tuition assistance

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for individual and team community service

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

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This position is a range of salary grades 7-8 .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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