Job Title: Unity Look-Dev Artist.

Department: Immersive Technologies

Location: Vapi, Gujarat

Reports To: XR Lead

Experience: 4–6 Years

Job Purpose:

To own the in-engine look development of immersive surgical training modules by assembling 3D assets, configuring materials, lighting, environments, post-processing, cameras, and training UI within Unity. The role will ensure that art assets are correctly integrated, visually consistent, performance-optimized, and delivered as development-ready Unity scenes for implementation by Unity developers and simulation engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Unity Look Development & Scene Creation

- Build, configure, and maintain Unity scenes for immersive surgical training modules.
- Assemble 3D environments, surgical instruments, robotic components, anatomical assets, and supporting elements into production-ready scenes.
- Configure scene hierarchy, prefabs, transforms, cameras, lighting, materials, and environmental settings.
- Establish reusable Unity scene templates and master configurations for different training modules.
- Maintain visual consistency across multiple simulation modules and environments.

2. Lighting & Environment Development

- Design and implement realistic lighting setups for operating-room and surgical training environments.
- Create and maintain master lighting rigs suitable for different training scenarios.
- Configure real-time and baked lighting workflows based on project requirements.
- Optimize lighting quality while maintaining target workstation GPU performance.
- Evaluate scenes under different camera positions, viewpoints, and training conditions.
- Ensure adequate visual clarity for surgical instruments, anatomy, UI elements, and critical training information.

3. Materials & Rendering Setup

- Import and configure materials and textures produced by 3D Texturing and Look-Dev teams.
- Validate PBR materials, shaders, normal maps, smoothness/roughness, metallic, AO, and other texture channels within Unity.
- Configure material properties to achieve the required visual quality and physical appearance.
- Identify and resolve material, shader, texture, and rendering issues during asset integration.
- Support the development and maintenance of standardized material and rendering workflows.

4. Asset Integration & Art-to-Engine Pipeline

- Import and configure models, textures, animations, prefabs, and other art assets within Unity.
- Identify and correct common integration issues related to scale, orientation, pivots, transforms, hierarchy, materials, and asset settings.
- Ensure assets comply with established art-to-engine standards before integration into training modules.
- Maintain proper prefab and scene discipline for efficient development and future updates.
- Coordinate with 3D Modeling, Sculpting, Texturing, and Technical Art teams to resolve asset-related issues.

5. Training UI & HUD Implementation

- Design and implement training-oriented UI layouts within Unity.
- Create and configure:

- Training HUDs
- Menus
- Instruction panels
- On-screen guidance
- Labels and indicators
- Progress and status elements
- Basic interaction interfaces
- • Ensure UI is visually consistent with the overall simulator experience.




- • Ensure instructional UI remains readable and accessible at relevant training distances and screen resolutions.
- • Work with UX/UI designers and Unity developers to implement approved UI designs.
- • Maintain reusable UI prefabs and layout components where required.

6. Scene Performance & GPU Optimization

- Profile Unity scenes to identify GPU and rendering performance bottlenecks.
- Optimize lighting, materials, textures, shaders, post-processing, draw calls, and scene complexity.
- Work within defined workstation GPU and memory budgets.
- Collaborate with Technical Artists, Unity Developers, and Simulation Engineers to resolve performance issues.
- Balance visual fidelity with real-time performance requirements without compromising critical training elements.

7. Post-Processing & Visual Effects

- Configure appropriate post-processing effects for immersive surgical environments.
- Tune exposure, color grading, ambient effects, bloom, depth-related effects, and other approved visual treatments where applicable.
- Ensure post-processing supports visual clarity and realism without negatively affecting performance.
- Maintain consistent visual treatment across different training modules.

8. Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Work closely with:

- XR / Simulation Lead
- Unity Developers
- Technical Artists
- 3D Modelers
- Sculpting Artists
- Texturing Artists
- UI/UX Designers
- Simulation Engineers
- Clinical SMEs
- • Participate in art pipeline reviews, scene reviews, and development planning meetings.
- • Communicate technical dependencies, integration issues, and performance concerns proactively.
- • Incorporate artistic, technical, clinical, and usability feedback into scene development.

9. Dev-Ready Scene Quality & Handoff

- Establish and enforce an art-to-engine handoff checklist for every training module.
- Conduct quality checks before scenes are handed over to Unity developers for module implementation.
- Verify:

- Asset scale and orientation
- Prefab structure
- Scene hierarchy
- Materials and textures
- Lighting
- Cameras
- UI layout
- Performance
- Naming conventions
- Asset dependencies
- • Sign off scenes as development-ready once defined quality and performance requirements are met.
- • Maintain quality standards without unnecessarily delaying development delivery.

10. Version Control & Documentation

- Maintain Unity scenes, prefabs, materials, UI assets, and related files using Git/Git LFS or the approved version-control workflow.
- Follow project naming conventions, folder structures, scene organization, and asset management standards.
- Document scene configurations, lighting setups, performance considerations, and known dependencies where required.
- Ensure changes are traceable and maintainable throughout the project lifecycle.

11. Innovation & Continuous Improvement





- Explore new Unity rendering, lighting, shader, UI, and look-development techniques.
- Contribute to improving the visual quality and performance of the surgical training simulator.
- Stay updated with developments in Unity, real-time rendering, technical art, XR/VR/AR, serious games, and simulation.
- Develop reusable scene templates, lighting rigs, materials, prefabs, and workflows to improve production efficiency.

Qualifications and Experience:

- Diploma / Bachelor’s degree / equivalent qualification in Game Art, 3D Design, Animation, Computer Graphics, Multimedia, Visual Effects, or a related field.

• 4–6 years of professional experience in Unity Look Development, Technical Art, Environment Art, or real-time 3D production .

- Robust professional experience working with Unity.

• Deep experience in at least one Unity rendering pipeline: URP or HDRP .

- Robust understanding of real-time lighting, materials, rendering, scene management, and optimization.
- Experience implementing UI within Unity.
- Experience with prefab, scene, hierarchy, and asset management workflows.
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary art and engineering pipeline.
- Experience in surgical simulation, medical visualization, serious games, gaming, XR/VR/AR, or digital-twin projects will be an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies:

- Solid proficiency in Unity and real-time 3D workflows.

• Strong understanding of URP or HDRP and real-time rendering principles.

- Strong lighting and environment look-development skills.
- Good understanding of PBR materials and shader configuration.
- Strong understanding of Unity scene and prefab organization.
- Good understanding of Unity UI systems and layout principles.
- Ability to configure and optimize post-processing effects.
- Understanding of GPU profiling and real-time performance optimization.
- Basic knowledge of Shader Graph is an advantage.
- Working knowledge of Git / Git LFS.
- Strong visual judgment and attention to detail.
- Ability to balance visual quality, usability, and technical performance.
- Solid communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to establish quality gates while maintaining development velocity.
- Passion for immersive technologies, simulation, digital art, robotics, and medical technology.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

- Visual quality and consistency of Unity training scenes.
- Timely delivery of development-ready scenes.
- Compliance with art-to-engine integration standards.
- Accuracy of asset scale, orientation, materials, lighting, and scene setup.
- Quality and usability of training HUDs and instructional UI.
- Unity scene performance against defined workstation GPU targets.
- Successful identification and resolution of rendering and integration issues.
- First-pass acceptance rate of scenes handed over to Unity development teams.
- Quality and reusability of scene templates, lighting rigs, prefabs, and workflows.
- Effective collaboration with art, engineering, clinical, and simulation teams.
- Contribution to improving the overall visual quality, usability, and performance of the immersive surgical training platform.

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