Animateur technique senior / Senior Technical Animator

People Can Fly Studio; Montreal; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

People Can Fly Studio is seeking a Senior Technical Animator for a fully remote role in Canada. You will establish and maintain production pipelines, rig characters, creatures and props, and collaborate with modelers and animators to ensure high-quality assets.

The ideal candidate has strong Maya rigging experience, proficiency with cloth, physics and hair systems, and a track record delivering polished animation pipelines for AAA projects using Unreal Engine.

Qualifications

• Experience in production pipelines for animation.
• Ability to rig characters, creatures, and props with high technical quality.
• Proficiency in Maya rigging, cloth, physics, and hair setups.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the production and software pipeline and meet deadlines in collaboration with the Lead.
• Creating high quality characters, creatures and props rigging and skinning suitable technically to project the desired universe.
• Autonomously Implementing rigging for characters in Maya including cloth, physics and hair setups.
• Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline that delivers high quality assets.
• Create new riggings
• Create retargeting systems/tools for old rigging

Skills

Rigging

Character Rigging

Creature Rigging

Skinning

Maya

Technical Animation

Tools

Maya

Unreal Engine

Job description

• We are looking for a Senior Technical Animator for a fully remote role in Canada.

People Can Fly est l'un des principaux studios indépendants de développement de jeux AAA. Notre équipe internationale est composée de centaines de personnes talentueuses qui travaillent dans nos bureaux en Pologne, au Royaume-Uni, en Irlande, aux États-Unis et au Canada, ainsi qu'à distance dans le monde entier.

Fondée en 2002, notre société s'est imposée dans le genre des jeux de tir avec des titres tels que Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgement and Outriders.

En tant que l'un des studios les plus chevronnés dans l'utilisation du moteur Unreal Engine, nous continuons à développer notre expertise et à dépasser les limites du possible dans le domaine du développement de jeux vidéo.

Nos équipes créatives travaillent actuellement sur plusieurs titres captivants : Gears of War: E-Day développé en collaboration avec Microsoft: projet Echo pour KRAFTON; et Lost Rift, une propriété intellectuelle originale que nous développons en interne selon notre modèle d'auto-édition.

Nous explorons également de nouvelles plateformes et expériences avec la réalité virtuelle et d'autres projets non annoncés.

Fort de plus de 20 ans d'expérience, PCF continue d'explorer de nouveaux horizons. Notre objectif est de combiner notre expertise avec la créativité des talents les plus brillants et les plus avant-gardistes du secteur, afin de créer la prochaine génération de jeux d'action pour les joueurs du monde entier.

Si vous nous rejoignez dans cette aventure, vous aurez la chance de perfectionner votre art, d'élargir vos connaissances et de travailler aux côtés des meilleurs du marché afin de créer des expériences uniques et inoubliables pour les joueurs du monde entier.

People Can Fly is one of the leading independent AAA game development studios. Our international team consists of hundreds of talented individuals working from offices in Poland, the UK, Ireland, the US, and Canada, as well as remotely across the globe.

Founded in 2002, we made our mark on the shooter genre with titles such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders. As one of the most experienced Unreal Engine studios in the industry, we continue to expand on our expertise and push the boundaries of what’s possible in game development.

Our creative teams are currently working on several exciting titles: Gears of War: E-Day developed in collaboration with Microsoft; Project Echo for KRAFTON; and Lost Rift, an original IP we are developing in-house under our self-publishing model. We are also exploring new platforms and experiences with VR and other unannounced projects.

With over 20 years of experience, PCF continues to explore new horizons. We aim to combine our expertise with the creativity of the best and most forward-thinking talent in the industry, building the next generation of action games for players worldwide.

If you join us on this journey, you’ll have the chance to perfect your craft, expand your knowledge, and work alongside industry leaders to create unique, unforgettable experiences for gamers everywhere.

Job Description

• Establish and maintain the production and software pipeline and meet deadlines in collaboration with the Lead.
• Creating high quality characters, creatures and props rigging and skinning suitable technically to project the desired universe.
• Autonomously Implementing rigging for characters in Maya including cloth, physics and hair setups.
• Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline that delivers high quality assets.
• Create new riggings
• Create retargeting systems/tools for old rigging