Senior Technical Animator (Game Development)

TL;DR

Senior Technical Animator (Game Development): Develop and maintain advanced animation pipelines, rigs, and skinning for characters and mechanical objects in AAA games using proprietary multiplatform engines. Focus on creating complex character movements, facial animations, and cutscenes while improving rigging standards and troubleshooting technical challenges.

What you will do

• Collaborate with Animators, Designers, Modelers, and Programmers to deliver high-quality character and facial animations, mechanics, and cutscenes.
• Work with Programmers to enhance animation toolkits, systems, and establish rigging standards.
• Create rigs and skinning for animated organic and mechanical objects.
• Proactively improve the animation pipeline and troubleshoot complex problems.
• Document processes and instruct colleagues on animation standards and tools.

Requirements

• English: Good verbal and written skills required
• Expert proficiency in Maya including rigging, skinning, scripting, and animation tools.
• Strong experience building and maintaining custom rigs for humanoid, creature, mechanical, and facial animation.
• Experience with game engines such as Unreal and Unity.
• 5+ years of AAA rigging experience.
• Ability to work under strict schedules and time pressure.

Nice to have

• Experience with procedural and physically-altered animation techniques.
• Experience with facial animation and animation blueprints.
• Understanding of real-world kinematics and physical movement simulation.
• One shipped AAA title on consoles.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package available.