Senior 3D Artist – Unreal Engine / Synthetic Data

Overview

In this role you shape high-fidelity environments and assets for synthetic data used to train and test next-generation AI systems. You will work within a multidisciplinary team of engineers to deliver realistic, real-time scenes for complex real-world environments. The position offers impact through hands-on asset creation that directly supports advanced perception and autonomy technologies. Your contributions will enable robust AI performance in demanding domains.

Pay / Benefits

• Salary 45,000–60,000
• Location: West London
• Predominantly office and customer-site based with some remote work
• Permanent, full-time

Responsibilities

• Create detailed 3D environments and objects for synthetic data generation and AI training
• Build realistic scenes featuring terrain, vehicles, infrastructure and operational objects
• Model, texture, light, compose and optimise real-time assets
• Use Unreal Engine to develop high-fidelity environments and simulations
• Automate asset and scene-generation workflows with scripting
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to meet technical requirements
• Integrate assets into automated synthetic-data pipelines with Unreal developers
• Adapt assets for different simulation and computing platforms
• Translate reference material and tech requirements into accurate environments
• Ensure assets are visually accurate, technically efficient and suitable for real-time rendering

Key requirements

• Expert Unreal Engine experience
• Strong portfolio of 3D modelling, texturing, materials, lighting and scene composition
• Experience creating assets/environments for games, simulation, VFX, virtual production or synthetic data
• Strong knowledge of geometry, materials, optimisation and real-time workflows
• Ability to create realistic environments from reference material
• Experience optimising assets for real-time rendering
• Experience managing complex 3D assets and working independently
• Scripting experience to automate 3D or scene development workflows
• Strong eye for detail and visual quality
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, developers and technical specialists

• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Attention to detail
• Independent work ethic
• Unreal Engine expert
• 3D modelling, texturing, materials, lighting
• Real-time rendering optimisation

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