Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine 5)

Company

Develops next-generation sports simulators, including a large-scale AAA title planned for release in 2028–2029.

What you will do

• Create and maintain production-ready character rigs, skinning, and animator-friendly control systems.
• Develop real-time character rigging, post-process solutions, and supporting animation logic in Unreal Engine 5.
• Set up, debug, and maintain hair and cloth simulation.
• Improve technical animation pipelines, workflows, and custom production tools.
• Translate creative and design requirements into technically achievable animation solutions, including scope and production estimates.
• Collaborate with Animators, Technical Artists, Designers, and Engineers to troubleshoot animation issues and improve character quality and gameplay.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in Technical Animation or a similar game-industry role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5 and its animation systems, including Motion Matching, State Machines, Blend Graphs, MetaHuman, and Control Rig.
• Strong knowledge of body, facial, hair, and cloth rigging pipelines, plus character rigging, skinning, and real-time animation workflows.
• Ability to design and implement animation logic for complex systems and understand client-server animation systems and multiplayer constraints.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience profiling and optimizing animation systems.
• Experience developing custom animation tools used in production.
• Experience working on a shipped AAA title and on large-scale PC and console productions.

Culture & Benefits

• Work closely with Animators, Technical Artists, Designers, and Engineers.
• Contribute to the development of a next-generation AAA sports simulator.
• Collaborate within an international game studio.