Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.
The EA Create Team encompasses all of the positions needed to make game cinematics, such as motion capture, rigging, animation, tools and tech, environments, characters, and lighting teams.
EA Create Animation is a centralized team within Create that works with game teams globally to bring narratives and animations to life through playable immersive experiences. We have team members located in Orlando, Austin, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Guilford, and Shanghai.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Artist who has a passion for problem-solving. In this role, you will report to a Development Director, and you will need to be collaborative by nature, able to partner with animation directors, leads, and stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration to produce quality assets, tools, pipelines, and workflows. And enjoy making games! While this role is technical in nature, we are also looking for candidates who possess an eye for aesthetics to maintain a high-quality artistic vision.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement and support animation tools and technologies used on specific titles.
- Support central animation workflows that span across multiple titles in collaboration with content creators and engineers.
- Integrate cinematics and gameplay animation content into the game engine.
- Interact and support the rigging team on character rigs and animation transfer.
- Provide creative and technical problem solving with a view to delivering efficient quality animation content.
- Define, estimate and prioritize tasks in a well-organized manner.
- Document workflows, technical processes, and tools.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of tool creation experience for art/animation workflows on multiple titles/projects.
- Intermediate knowledge in Python.
- Proficient in standard industry tools Maya.
- Familiarity with animation content integration in engine.
- Knowledge and understanding of body and facial production rigs for debugging and tool writing purposes
Plus
- Familiarity in C#, MEL, Maya API
- Experience in Motionbuilder/ MotionBuilder API
- Experience with editor-based game development environments e.g. Unreal, Unity, etc.
- Experience in Qt
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining animation content workflows as part of an end-to-end animation pipeline.
About EA At Electronic Arts, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We know that our strength lies in the diversity of our people. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow them to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers. We put our people first. We provide comprehensive benefit packages with a focus on health and wellbeing to support your needs and help you balance your career and personal life. We provide access to dynamic and collaborative work environments, opportunities to connect and contribute through our Employee Resource Groups, and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free video games and so much more! Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
