Senior Vehicle Artist

Title: Senior Vehicle Artist

Reports to: Vehicle Art Lead

Capability Unit: MSIM

Capability Group:  DSG Function: Vehicle Art

Level: Senior Specialist

Work Arrangement: Remote

Company Overview

Metrea is a defense company dedicated to translating commercial innovation into solutions for the hardest problems in national security. With deep mission expertise, Metrea focuses on delivering effects as-a-service across a spectrum of domains including Air & Space, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Synthetic. Metrea Management provides central services to eleven (11) global capability units via Operations, Solutions, Strategy, Legal, and Finance teams

Capability Unit Overview

Metrea Simulations (MSIM), redefines the cutting edge of flight simulation and services. Our expertise in physics, engineering and artistry allows us to leverage modern technologies in new and unprecedented ways in order to create the most realistic and immersive flight simulation training products and experiences possible. Through our technologies, customers enjoy an optimal path to efficient training, design, technology development and tactical analysis across the aviation sector. Our technology nucleus of advanced AI, flight and sensor modeling enables us to augment reality through the lens of next-generation products and services.

Position Summary 

A Senior Vehicle Artist creates ultimate-fidelity vehicle assets for the MSIM simulation software, through the full art workflow from mid-poly and/or high/low-poly modelling, to UV unwrapping, baking, and texture creation, to import into Unreal Engine. In addition, a Senior Vehicle Artist supports, assists, and provides technical and artistic feedback to other vehicle art colleagues. A Senior Vehicle Artist should also be capable of bringing new art workflow ideas and techniques to the team and documenting these additions where applicable.

Role and Responsibilities 

• Creation of ultimate-fidelity vehicle art assets to established art specifications
• Mid-poly and/or high- and low-poly modelling
• UV Unwrapping
• Texturing
• Unreal Engine imports and artwork setup in-engine
• Provide feedback to vehicle art colleagues
• Ability to optimise workflows and bring new ideas to the vehicle art team and be able to document these changes/additions

Skills and Experience 

• 5+ years of games, simulation, or other relevant tech industry experience
• High proficiency in either mid-poly modelling, and/or the high/low-poly workflow
• Highly proficient 3ds Max modelling skills for mid-poly modelling
• High proficiency in other 3D software for high-poly modelling (e.g., Blender, Maya, ZBrush, etc.)
• Proficiency in PBR texturing, especially Substance 3D Painter
• A deep knowledge of optimisation for real-time rendering
• Experience in vehicle art animation
• Knowledge and experience of technical art - such as Unreal Engine material creation - is a plus
• A passion for military hardware and simulation games is a bonus

Our Culture  

Metrea’s single core value, “rooted in humility,” is supported by four key attributes: entrepreneurial, systematic, discerning, and over-deliver. These attributes, combined, form our Teammate Firmware, our culture. We explore these attributes during the hiring process when we grow our teams and continually support the growth of our culture. We are a hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical organization united by a passion for what we do, how we do it, who we do it with, and who we do it for. 

Right to Work

The employee will have the legal right to work in the EU and will be able to produce right to work documentation. 

Equal Opportunities Statement 
 Metrea Management Limited (MAM) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. 

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 37.5 hours per week with