Visualizer

Visualizer at Archer

Mountain View, CA

Archer is an aerospace company based in Palo Alto, 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.

Position Highlights 

As a Visualizer at ARCHER’s in-house Design & Innovation group, you will be responsible for the design and creation of digital imagery assets, ranging from product to architecture, as well as real-time and pre-rendered photorealistic visualization.  

This role will support and collaborate with a variety of cross function teams, including Marketing, Engineering and Business Strategy. 

Your work has the potential to be seen on a global scale, helping influence people and communities to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
 
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:  

• 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. 

Preferred Skills and 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 a good knowledge of vehicles 

Annual Salary: 135,000 - 160,000