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What We Need
A Senior Technical Animator works closely with the animation and engineering teams to push the creative vision and technical boundaries for animation. Someone who really understands run-time animation, content authoring, creating tools, and pipeline development that is engaged in designing and improving efficient workflows, while having an eye for quality.
What You Will Do
Create and maintain various rigs in Maya.
Implement and set up assets in the game engine.
Help troubleshoot issues relating to animation in both Maya and the game engine.
Create, maintain, and continuously improve tools and pipelines in Maya.
Help make sure assets and systems are optimized for run-time performance.
Work closely with the team to refine workflows and content authoring processes.
Mentor and guide others on tool usages, technical workflows, and best practices.
Create a written or video documentation to aid information sharing.
Take an active role in the structure, organization, and performance of animation systems in the editor.
What Will Make You a Great Fit
You are that special someone with a keen artistic eye and who loves to work their technical wizardry! You work towards understanding the whys of how something works and able to clearly communicate the findings to others. You are motivated to learn, seek new wisdom, and take pride in mentoring others.
Good understanding of animation principles and how they can be applied to video games.
Knowledge of human anatomy and kinesiology, and understanding of how it relates to deformation rigs.
Experience working with a game engine. (e.g. Unreal, Unity, or AAA proprietary game engines)
Vast experience creating animator friendly rigs in Maya.
Tools development experience in Python, and PySide2 or PyQt5.
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming principles and practical usage.
Experience with driving positive and effective collaborative processes in a team environment.
Experience with optimizing(e.g. lod, fps performance, memory footprint) assets for a game engine.
Animation, skinning, rigging, and/or pipeline tools development experience in Maya is a plus.
Experience working with FACS based facial rig is a plus.
Maya plug-in authoring experience in C++ is a plus.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
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