Senior Technical Animator (Game Development)

TL;DR

Senior Technical Animator (Game Development): Creating and debugging character, vehicle, and weapon rigs and tools to support an efficient animation production pipeline with an accent on rigging, skinning, and facial animation. Focus on collaborating with animation and technical teams, developing facial rigs, and integrating animation assets into game engines.

Location: Beijing, China

Company

hirify.global is a global provider of technical and creative services to the video game industry.

What you will do

• Create and debug character and prop rigs for various projects.
• Perform character skinning and direct skinning workflows.
• Coordinate with character artists and animators to improve animation content quality.
• Collaborate with technical teams for scripting and plugin support.
• Develop and maintain facial rigs to support facial animation pipelines.
• Participate in and supervise integration of animation assets into game engines.

Requirements

• Location: Must be based in Beijing, China
• Proficiency in Maya and 3ds Max.
• Experience with IK/FK blending, spline controls, and animator-friendly control setups.
• Facial rigging skills including joint-based and blendshapes.
• Strong communication skills and problem-solving resourcefulness.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Blender.
• Experience with MotionBuilder and Houdini KineFX.
• Experience with game engines such as Unreal and Unity.
• English language skills (written and/or spoken).