Location

Work from home (UK only) or from our brand-new studio in Cambridge, UK.

About Us

Ninja Theory is a five-time Bafta award winning games company based in Cambridge, UK and part of Xbox Game Studios. Our Mission is  To Craft Life-changing Art with Game-changing Tech and we are building the team that will help us fulfil that promise. 

Your role

Create exceptional quality deformation and simulation rigs for body and costume to help bring our creative vision to life. You will work with a variety of humanoids and creatures developing simulation setups including clothing, fur/hair muscle and skin, implementing assets in Unreal Engine ensuring they are both high quality and performant.

Develop departmental tools and techniques, using Python to generate rigs in a procedural manner and working collaboratively to develop and integrate tools into a robust pipeline.

Requirements

Your skill

In-depth knowledge of anatomy, a thorough understanding of biomechanics and kinesiology for humanoids/animals and the ability to translate this into highly realistic character rigs. A passion for real-time is essential, along with the desire and ability to bring film-quality to our in-game assets.

This is a highly collaborative environment, the ability to work with other departments to resolve technical and creative challenges is key.

Your Experience

You will have production experience with realistic characters for film/TV with a focus on dynamic simulation for cloth, hair/fur, skin and muscle. An excellent knowledge of Maya is essential, along with good Python skills. You may also have experience with Houdini, Python Maya API or C++ for Maya/Houdini/UE4 development.

Our values Greatness through Excellence, Teamwork & Integrity. 

We offer great pay, wide-ranging benefits and flexible working arrangements so you can focus on what matters.  We avoid hierarchy, egos and crunch, preferring trust, talent and experience to see us through.  You will be part of a family, a clan of ninjas who know what it takes to succeed, and who will encourage and support you to do the same. 

Please note This advert closes on Wednesday 7th October 2020.