Tech Art Intern

About the Role

We are looking for a Technical Art Intern to join the Rocket League team. You will sit between our artists and engineers, building tools, authoring real-time materials, and profiling scenes to optimize game performance. You will have an impact on real work that ships into playable builds.

Key Responsibilities

• Build small pipeline tools and scripts (Python, UEFN/Verse, DCC scripting APIs) that automate repetitive steps for arena, vehicle, and cosmetics artists.
• Profile arenas and assets in engine, then help fix issues related to draw calls, overdraw, texture memory, LODs, and vertex budgets.
• Author and iterate on real-time materials and shaders for signature Rocket League surfaces.
• Take assets from Maya, Blender, or Substance through to an optimized, working setup in engine and validate them in a playable build.
• Work directly with technical artists, rendering engineers, and environment artists to unblock issues and document learnings.
• Show work in art reviews and playtests, take feedback, and iterate quickly.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from, a Technical Art, Computer Science, Digital Media, or Game Development program, or possess a strong portfolio.
• Scripting experience in Python, C#, or a DCC scripting API.
• Hands-on experience with at least one 3D package (Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender) and the Substance suite.
• Working knowledge of Unreal Engine.
• Solid real-time rendering fundamentals: understanding of how lighting, shading, UV layout, texture memory, and poly budgets affect performance.
• Genuine curiosity about performance and identifying performance bottlenecks.
• Clear, proactive communication skills.
• A portfolio or reel showing technical art work: tools, shaders, procedural systems, or optimization case studies.

Nice to have:

• Profiling tools (Unreal Insights, RenderDoc, PIX)
• HLSL
• Houdini
• Experience shipping to mobile or console.