Senior Technical Animator Jobs

Develop a scalable pipeline to streamline scene assembly for cinematic shots, that manages the necessary dependencies between Maya and Unreal."

7+ years of game industry experience working on the technical side of Art/Animation for games.

Extensive experience in writing and maintaining Artist/Animator facing tools for relevant software (Python/PySide).

Experience maintaining and adding to tools documentation, making tutorial videos, and creating best practices guides.

Experience working with both keyframe animation and motion capture data.

Experience building or contributing to a facial animation pipeline.

Use machine systems to add and manage background and support characters in cutscenes.

3 years' experience in the 3D animation industry, preferably in video games, with experience in published AAA games;

Formal education in 3D animation, 2D education;

Experience with game engines such as Unity, Unreal or others;

Experience with in-engine logic systems.

Integration of cinematic and event animation into the game engine;

Evaluating and dissecting rigs to offer feedback in order to accomplish the intended performance;

Minimum 5 years' experience in animation;

Knowledge of Linux and thorough knowledge of Maya;

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and offer accurate timelines to support project deadlines;

Works closely with: Animators, Animator Leads

Pursues the highest quality and pushes to create the most engaging images

Good knowledge of Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine

Good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work as part of a multi- disciplinary team

Experience building tools that support animation in Maya

Experience with auto rigging tools (mGear, Advanced Skeleton, etc)

Experience on character focused games preferred with at least one shipped title

Comprehensive health/dental benefits from day 1

Experience working with a game engine. (e.g. Unreal, Unity, or AAA proprietary game engines).

Experience with optimizing (e.g. lod, fps performance, memory footprint) assets for a game engine.

Tools development experience in Python, and PySide2 or PyQt5.

Experience with driving positive and effective collaborative processes in a team environment.

Keen knowledge of human anatomy and kinesiology, and understanding of how it relates to deformation rigs.

Experience creating animator friendly rigs in Maya

We create open world gameplay mechanics that are used to make immersive experiences.

We work as a global animation team to collaborate on player experiences.

Work closely with programmers to create core mechanics and immersive experiences.

Exceptional skill in animating the human figure to create realistic character animations.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work closely with Artists, Designers and Programmers.

Practical knowledge of programming languages (Python, C# / C++, etc.).