Remote 3D Rigger for Unreal Engine 5 | Indie Studio

Festybay; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 100,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

QByte Studios in Victoria, Australia, is seeking a talented 3D Rigger on a contract basis to bridge character models and animators. You will create animator-friendly rigs optimized for Unreal Engine 5, handling creature deformations and skinning for Nanites.

Join a small, passionate indie studio with remote work options and a focus on movement realism. Blender is preferred, with opportunities to contribute to our post-apocalyptic action-builder survival game.

Qualifications

• Rigging principles and a strong understanding of deformation and weighting.
• Experience rigging for games or real-time pipelines is preferred.
• Knowledge of skinning, weight painting and control systems.
• Independent, reliable and highly collaborative with good communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement clean, modular rigs for characters, creatures and assets.
• Prepare rigs for Unreal Engine 5 export workflows and technical constraints.
• Troubleshoot skinning and weighting issues to ensure high-fidelity deformations.
• Collaborate with artists and animators to iterate on control systems.
• Proactively address performance and technical hurdles in the rigging pipeline.

Tools

Blender

Unreal Engine 5 exports

Job description

QByte Studios in Victoria, Australia, is seeking a talented 3D Rigger on a contract basis to bridge character models and animators. You will create animator-friendly rigs optimized for Unreal Engine 5, handling creature deformations and skinning for Nanites.

Join a small, passionate indie studio with remote work options and a focus on movement realism. Blender is preferred, with opportunities to contribute to our post-apocalyptic action-builder survival game.