Internship 3D Artist
€550 per month
Key Skills
Job Description
This is what you like to do
VSTEP builds professional simulators used to train ship crews, emergency responders, and other specialists in the maritime world. Our 3D team creates the visual environments that make those simulations feel real, detailed, accurate, and immersive.
During your internship as 3D Artist, you'll work as a real member of that team, and you will learn from our experts.
What you'll do
- Build 3D models of environments like bridges, buildings, and landmarks, and sometimes vehicles and vessels
- Work from reference photos and technical drawings to make your models as realistic as possible
- Import and set up your finished work in our 3D engine (Unigine)
- Hand off models to teammates who integrate them into full simulation environments
Is this you?
You are:- A student in a relevant creative or technical program, think 3D design, game art, animation, or similar.
- Looking for an internship position or graduation project as part of you education or studies.
- Proactive, accurate and attentive to details. Pride in the work you create.
- Comfortable working in a international organization culture.
- A believer in autonomy and personal accountability.
- Encouraged to lead your way and be responsible for making an impact.
- Enrolled in a relevant study.
- Located in the Netherlands (Rotterdam area).
- Have hands-on experience with working with 3DS Max, Maya or Blender.
- Can share a portfolio of your own work (anything counts - school projects are fine)
This is what you want in a job!
- Flexible working environment. Our office is located in Rotterdam
- An inclusive, international, experienced and diverse team
- Working with top-of-the-line technology
- A project that matters; your work ends up in actual simulators used by professionals
- An internship fee of €550 net per month
Want to know more?
About us
VSTEP| Enable learning by simulation. VSTEP is a leading developer of ship simulators and virtual training software company based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. With over 70 dedicated professionals from diverse international backgrounds, located in the port of Rotterdam, we strive to train people for a safer world. We enable marine and safety professionals to learn and train by simulation in an efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable way to work towards a safer world. With 20+ years of experience and a strong client base all over the world, VSTEP wants to enable learning by simulation on a large scale. We do this by offering a strong NAUTIS product portfolio covering the full learning and training cycle of a maritime professional, and Response Simulator, our virtual training tool for emergency responders.
Core Responsibilities
You will build realistic 3D models of environments, buildings, and vessels based on technical drawings and reference photos. Additionally, you will import and set up these models within the Unigine 3D engine for integration into simulation environments.
Requirements
Candidates must be students enrolled in a relevant creative or technical program and located in the Rotterdam area. You are required to have hands-on experience with 3D software such as 3DS Max, Maya, or Blender and provide a portfolio of your work.
Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Internship fee
- Inclusive and international team
- Top-of-the-line technology
About VSTEP Simulation
Industry: Maritime Transportation
Company size: 51-200 employees
VSTEP is a leading innovator in maritime simulation technology, enabling learning through solutions that enhance training effectiveness, cultivate essential skills, advance safety, and promote sustainability. Since 2002, VSTEP’s innovation and deep maritime expertise have transformed how academies, fleet owners, port authorities, and navies prepare for the challenges of modern seafaring. Our simulation solutions span navigation and ship handling, inland radar and fairway operations, towage and escort, and bridge training, so maritime professionals and organizations have the tools they need to succeed. By recreating vessel hydrodynamics and environmental conditions with fidelity, our simulators allow learners to practice critical manoeuvres, experience emergency scenarios, and strengthen decision making in safe, realistic environments. Through learning by simulation, VSTEP helps the maritime world learn faster, work safer, and operate more sustainably.