Graphics Engineer (Retro Studios) at Retro Studios in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

Retro Studios

Founded in 1998, Retro Studios is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Company, Ltd. Retro is a state-of-the-art game development studio, working in conjunction with Nintendo to bring award-winning games to Nintendo's cutting-edge next-generation platforms. Retro Studios is located in beautiful Austin, Texas. With rolling hills, scenic waterways, abundant wildlife, vibrant music and film scenes, and a laid-back cosmopolitan culture, Austin is a dynamic city with an excellent quality of life. Austin's sunny weather also supports a great range of outdoor activities, providing plenty of venues for top-notch game developers to recharge and unwind.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

• Work with the Graphics team to raise the final visual fidelity of graphics in our game engine through a combination of novel new graphics techniques and improvements to existing techniques.
• Work with visual effects artists to research and implement new advanced visual effects methodologies.
• Work directly with Environment, Character, and Technical Artists to implement new rendering techniques.
• Work with senior engineers on supporting larger systems.
• Document and gather requirements from users for software to be implemented.
• Design, develop, write, test, and implement shaders in HLSL and GLSL.
• Implement and research advanced lighting techniques both for precomputed and real-time rendering.
• Forward thinking - Stay up to date on current techniques, research, graphics data, hardware, etc.
• Participate in providing feedback on the work of other engineers.

*This job description outlines primary duties and requirements and is not intended to identify all tasks that may be performed; individuals occupying the position may be required to perform other duties. The company may modify job duties from time to time, either in practice or in writing.

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