Job Description

An opportunity to join a dynamic new studio with a focus on technical excellence and exciting projects to create great games efficiently with best-in-class technology in a culture of collaboration and excellence with good work-life balance. To join a company at the foundation level, to help build a centre of technical excellence in the games industry, to have a recognised contribution to our studio and have fun while doing so, The Senior Animation Engineer will be working on our in-house tech/project as well as contracts where and when needed.

Responsibilities will include:

• Design, Implement, and Maintain the core systems that bring the game vision to life
• Working knowledge of how to create scalable software solutions for video games
• Create or Improve existing animation tools, and blending run-times to empower content creators

The Successful Applicant

The successful Senior Animation Engineer will:

• Have 5 years C++ experience
• Understanding of game engine animation pipelines
• Working knowledge of scripting languages
• Object orientated design principles
• Ability to quickly learn new systems
• Strong debugging skills
• Understanding of applied Linear Algebra, and Inverse Kinematics
• Excellent communication & documentation skills
• As an advantage (but not required) you will also be confident in the following areas:
  • Python, MEL, C# language experience
  • Experience with low-level animation constructs: compression, blend trees, inverse kinematics