TL;DR

Senior Technical Designer (Animation): Designing and creating gameplay animation systems that facilitate appealing, high-quality character motion with an accent on animation pipeline efficiency and technical problem-solving. Focus on building complex movement systems, implementing animation state machines, and troubleshooting in-game animation issues.

Location: Onsite in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Company

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What you will do

Create animation behavior tools, techniques, and philosophies for building complex movement systems.
Design and implement animation state machines, behaviors, and runtime solutions.
Collaborate with Animation, Design, and Programming departments to analyze, troubleshoot, and solve in-game animation implementation issues.
Maintain the style and quality bar for animations in the game in close collaboration with animation leadership.
Improve the animation pipeline/workflow and provide solutions for technical animation problems, including performing training and creating documentation.

Requirements

Strong animation sense with a clear understanding of realistic and stylized character motion and how to achieve them with modern animation methods.
Expertise with animation pipelines, including source content creation tools such as Maya, MotionBuilder, and Unreal Engine, using Control Rig toolset.
Exceptional problem-solving ability with strong written communication and teamwork skills.
Familiarity with gameplay animation tools and concepts, such as blend trees and state machines.
Experience with AAA game development on a large team using an established game engine.
Must work onsite in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Culture & Benefits

Collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment with passionate people.
100% company-paid benefits for employees and dependents, including medical, dental, and life insurance.
Supplemental benefits include daily meal vouchers and commuter benefits for onsite employees.
Commitment to diverse teams and an inclusive work culture.
Opportunity to be part of a global team across 25 countries with 46 studios.

Senior Technical Designer in Animation