Senior Technical Artist

About MBRDI\:

Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI), headquartered in Bengaluru with a satellite office in Pune, is the largest R&D center for Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside of Germany. Our mission is to drive innovation and excellence in automotive engineering, digitalization, and sustainable mobility solutions, shaping the future of mobility.

Seeking a highly skilled Unity Developer with expertise as a Technical Artist to join our large-scale Synthetic Data Generation Team for Machine Learning and Gen AI Applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in visual creation, focusing on modeling synthetic environments of human occupants inside car environments with Unity.

Key Responsibilities\:

• Develop and optimize Unity-based applications for large-scale synthetic data generation.
• Create and integrate human models, animations, objects, and lighting setups to simulate car environments.
• Enhance existing pipelines, including motion capture animations, textures, materials, and car CAD models.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with 3D artists, technical artists, and AI engineers.
• Assist in motion capture sessions and refine animations.
• Oversee asset modeling and ensure high-quality representations.
• Rig characters and manually annotate in 3D as per project requirements.
• Debug and troubleshoot Unity project issues.
• Maintain efficient workflows for asset creation and integration.
• Stay updated with the latest Unity features and industry trends.

Required Skills \:

• Proven Industry experience demonstrating technical expertise as Unity Developer and Technical Artist. Proficiency in Unity’s animation tools, including Animator and Timeline.

• Strong proficiency in C# and Unity3D.
• Experience with 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation. Knowledge of shader programming and visual effects.
• Familiarity with physics-based simulations and real-time rendering.
• Experience with motion capture technologies, AR/VR technologies and refining animations.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Ability to write and maintain custom scripts to automate workflows and enhance pipeline efficiency.
• Strong mathematical foundation and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.