Senior Facial Character TD (FACS)

Salary: $80 per hour

Company

hirify.global, working with Insomniac Games, develops games and related interactive entertainment.

What you will do

• Author FACS shapes from scratch for human and non-human characters using deformers and sculpting tools.
• Develop high-quality photorealistic facial rigs based on FACS and blendshapes.
• Collaborate with character art, animation, and engineering teams on animator- and motion-capture-friendly facial assets.
• Build rigging systems, facial shape-transfer pipelines, and tools for authoring, editing, and integrating facial rigs.
• Process and clean 3D and 4D scan data from facial capture sessions and contribute to runtime optimization workflows.
• Support facial research and development, vendor integration, and occasional direction of actors during FACS acquisition.

Requirements

• Senior-level expertise in FACS, facial anatomy, facial skeletal and muscle anatomy, and facial animation technology.
• Expert proficiency in sculpting FACS shapes for human and non-human characters.
• Expert-level experience with Maya.
• Experience with ZBrush, Mudbox, or comparable sculpting tools; Wrap 3D or comparable scan-processing tools; and deformation-transfer workflows.
• Understanding of facial performance capture, facial solving, modern scanning including 4D scanning, and photorealistic facial authoring for film or games.
• Ability to collaborate across teams, iterate toward high-quality details, optimize runtime performance, and mentor other technical directors.

Nice to have

• Experience with real-time facial applications in Unity, Unreal, or another engine.
• Experience developing facial tools with Python, PyQt, or PySide.
• Experience integrating facial assets from external vendors.

Culture & Benefits

• Temporary engagement through staffing partner Yoh Enterprise Solutions.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage.
• The role has no supervisory responsibilities but may include mentoring other technical directors.