As a Technical Animator you are central to ensuring that we have an exceptional technical foundation for animation throughout our game to create an immersive and exciting game experience.
You are an outstanding problem solver and a great game developer - you possess a strong understanding of animation fundamentals, a great production sense and the creative and technical prowess to create and implement beautiful animations. You are someone with care and empathy for the team, whose goal is to empower others and support and drive the team to achieve their best work.
Our Ideal Candidate
Uses a mix of traditional and automated rigging techniques to bring assets to life.
Has the ability to create forward thinking animation pipelines and tools that facilitate the creation of content and the implementation of features.
A passion for making and playing games.
Responsibilities
Rigging characters, vehicles, weapons and props.
Work closely with the team to support the creation of industry leading animation pipelines and technical foundations throughout character motion and cinematic sequences.
Work closely with the team to troubleshoot character and animation related issues.
Drive efficiency and best practices for the project and ensure we build on strong foundations that can be both modified and expanded upon.
Work with the team and external vendors to set requirements, and to define processes and standards.
Foster a collaborative culture of sharing work often and openly.
Required Qualifications and skills:
Strong knowledge of Maya
Proficiency in MEL/Python
A portfolio showcasing work examples
Up-to-date knowledge of current character rigging techniques and systems
Preferred Qualifications and Skills:
At least one full project cycle working as a Technical Artist or Technical Animator.
Experience with automated rigging tools (Epic ART, Advance Skeleton, mGear ect).
Familiarity creating dynamic elements for secondary motion automation (Anim Dynamics, Spring/Trail and Bone Driven Controllers).
Experience working with Animation Blueprints, Animation Layers, State Machines, Event and Animation Graphs.
Motion Capture pipeline experience.
Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a small team - must be open to direction and able to embrace change.
Blender experience.
Knowledge of other programming languages such as C#/C++.
This position is for a full-time employee. We are excited to have new employees join our team in Seattle, but are open to remote work for the right candidate.
About C77
C77 is led by Mattias Kylén and Kenny Magnusson; two Swedes with a long history in the industry. Together they've worked on several award-winning AAA titles, including leadership roles on franchise development teams such as Halo, Battlefield, and Mercenaries.
Located in Seattle, our team consists of passionate developers with deep experience in AAA game development and VFX.
Since C77 began in 2019, we’ve grown our studio by adding more diverse and creative developers as we continue work on our first game.
Some of the full-time benefits of working at C77 include
Group health insurance including health, dental, and vision coverage.
401K Retirement Plan.
20 Days of PTO + 15 Paid Holidays annually.
Wellness Reimbursement Program.
Commuter transportation stipend.
Life Insurance.
Professional Development & Coaching support.
Flexible work from home days.
Paid relocation to Seattle.
C77 Entertainment does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
