Senior Technical Animator

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in Montreal is looking for a Senior Technical Animator to join their Cinematics team. You will rig characters and props, set up assets in Unreal Engine 5, and create tools for animation workflows. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in rigging and a portfolio showcasing their work. The role comes with comprehensive benefits, including health insurance and a retirement savings plan.

Benefits

100% medical benefits for employees and dependents

Mental well-being program

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Qualifications

• Extensive experience rigging characters in the Unreal Engine.
• A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters, both body and faces.
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Rig characters, props and vehicles.
• Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including cloth, physics, blueprints.
• Assist and build pipeline tools.

Skills

Rigging characters in Unreal Engine

Problem-solving

Written communication

Teamwork skills

Attention to aesthetic detail

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Performance optimizations

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world‑class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is searching for a Senior Technical Animator with a passion for expressive character movement to work within the Cinematics team. In this talented team of veteran and emerging artists you’ll collaborate with an internal team, but also will include work with vendors and specifically contribute directly to high profile trailers related to Fortnite and other IP related projects. Joining this team means you’re motivated to seek solutions to problems and work with other artists to make positive changes to models, movements, and tools. The heart of this role is rigging, pipeline and tooling.

In this role, you will

• Rig characters, props and vehicles
• Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including cloth, physics, blueprints
• Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline and workflow that delivers high quality assets
• Assist and build pipeline tools and work with engine and project leads on continuous improvement of those engine tools
• Direct Technical Animation work for Cinematic trailers, including outsourced and internal trailers
• Provide support and optimization for Animation Team, including performance/speed optimizations, engine stability, control rig/constraint bug issues, and animation workflows
• Design UI Pickers for the Animation team

What we're looking for

• Extensive experience rigging characters in the Unreal Engine
• A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters, bipeds, and creatures, both body and faces
• Attention to aesthetic detail, especially with regards to character deformation and physics movement
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
• Positive individual with strong written communication and teamwork skills
• Exceptional problem‑solverExperience developing character pipelines and tools

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award‑winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award‑winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high‑fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world‑class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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