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Simulation Pipeline Technical Artist - Special Projects

Apple· Special Projects Simulation
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Cupertino, CA$175.5k - $311.7kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Technical Artist role focused on building simulation pipelines and generation tools for 3D assets and world simulations to enable AI/ML-driven products and features at Apple. Combines video game/film techniques with procedural and asset-management workflows, collaborating across cross-functional teams to prototype and scale high-quality implementations.

Responsibilities

  • Develop pipelines and generation tools for 3D assets for world simulations.
  • Bring video game and film techniques to our pipeline to optimizing quality and size for multiple use-cases, retaining flexibility and potentially multiple versions of assets for different purposes.
  • Develop tools and systems which enable procedural and agentic systems to utilize assets.
  • Develop tools for artists to work more effectively
  • Assist in bringing new materials generation techniques into our pipeline.
  • Manage our asset library, establishing and enforcing conventions and standards, making the library easily usable by humans and agentic systems.
  • Develop techniques to generate new content, scale our asset libraries with variation, manage our assets, and broaden our simulation scope.

Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of experience working as a Technical Artist in video games, animation, and/or VFX
  • Strong Python skills for data creation and manipulation
  • Experience building pipelines and processes to generate images and outputs by marshaling data through multiple DCCs with custom code
  • Strong experience with USD format, tools and APIs
  • Experienced Maya user
  • Experience with Maya, Houdini, or other DCC programming APIs
  • Proven track record of innovating new tools and techniques to speed up artist workflow and efficiency
  • Strong understanding of shading, lighting, texturing and materials
  • Strong familiarity with digital sculpting, modeling, and command of mesh topology
  • Experience with lighting: especially procedural systems
  • Experience creating shaders
  • Experience with procedural materials, Substance Designer or similar
  • C++ programming experience

Skills

Required:PythonUSDMayaHoudiniShading/Lighting/TexturingProcedural materials/ Substance DesignerDigital sculpting and mesh topology
Nice to have:C++

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • education reimbursement (tuition)
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments (potential)
  • relocation (potential)
  • stock programs eligibility (RSUs, Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
Last updated Sep 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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