SENIOR TECHNICAL ANIMATOR

Location – Austin, TX

CREATE AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

• Founded in 1996, our client is a well-established video game publishing and development partner focused on maximizing the potential of games.
• Be part of a team who has successfully brought some of the biggest PC gaming franchises such as Call of Duty, Sid Meier’s Civilization and Star Wars to Mac.

MAKE AN IMPACT

• Collaborate across disciplines to research, develop, and implement features related to character art, cinematics, gameplay and locomotion
• Create tools and write scripts to improve the efficiency, quality and ease of various content creation pipelines
• Enhance the UE4 systems in support of the art and design goals
• Help animation team define, create and maintain animation pipelines and processes
• Assist with complex dynamics such as the in-game physics of characters/ cloth/ hair
• Work cross-functionally to ensure character models meet technical and animation requirements

SHOW US YOUR SKILLS

• 4+ years technical animation or equivalent experience
• Previously developed large and complex game systems in collaboration with art and design
• Intermediate knowledge in Maya or Unreal
• Solid understanding of debugging practices, performance analysis and production pitfalls
• Proficiency in Python, PyQT/PySide and/ or equivalent scripting languages
• Experience with rigging systems, facial animation, simulation setup, animation retargeting, motion capture, dialog system, hair, cloth dynamic and tool support 

BONUS POINTS

• VFX
• C++ programming
• Materials
• Animation graphs
• Houdini