Senior Technical Animator (Cosmetics) | North America | Europe | Fully Remote

Escape Velocity Entertainment; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Studio closure during holidays

Private Medical & Dental Healthcare

Private Mental Health scheme

Health & Wellbeing allowance

Discretionary bonus

Top-range tech setup

Job summary

Escape Velocity Entertainment is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to enhance character cosmetics using Unreal Engine. This fully remote role involves creating dynamic rigs, collaborating with teams, and optimizing assets for various platforms. Join a passionate team focused on quality work and a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Expertise in rigging and animation tools such as Maya.
• Extensive experience with Unreal Engine's animation and rigging systems.

Responsibilities

• Create dynamic character rigs and develop processes to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure assets meet creative and technical standards.

Skills

Rigging

Animation

Communication

Leadership

Tools

Maya

Unreal Engine

Python

Job description

Senior Technical Animator (Cosmetics) | North America | Europe | Fully Remote

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What we are looking for:

As a Senior Technical Animator, you will be responsible for breathing life into cosmetics for characters and props, leveraging rigging, runtime physics simulations, and procedural animation techniques in Unreal Engine. Working closely with the animation and design teams, you will help develop best practices to create amazing characters that scale efficiently across various platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Create dynamic character rigs and develop processes and pipelines to improve efficiency
• Collaborate with teams to ensure assets meet creative and technical standards
• Implement animation blueprints, simulation systems, and secondary motion systems for characters and props
• Troubleshoot and debug animation issues with the animation and tech art teams
• Optimize assets for performance across multiple platforms
• Document techniques and workflows; mentor team members

Qualifications:

• Expertise in rigging and animation tools such as Maya
• Extensive experience with Unreal Engine's animation and rigging systems (RigidBodies, Cloth, Anim Nodes, Control Rig, etc.)
• Knowledge of creating scalable runtime characters and props
• Proficiency in troubleshooting animation systems
• Ability to research and develop new techniques
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Python scripting experience is a plus
• Experience with cross-platform game development
• Self-motivated with a growth mindset and ability to work independently

Benefits:

Escape Velocity offers excellent benefits, including:

• Generous PTO
• Studio closure during summer and winter holidays
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• Private Mental Health scheme
• Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary bonus
• Top-range tech setup

About Escape Velocity:

We are a passionate team of developers working on a unique project with a committed publisher. We value honesty, autonomy, and continuous improvement. Our fully remote policy supports team members worldwide, emphasizing quality work and a healthy work-life balance.

How to apply:

Click apply and submit your resume/CV. Our recruiting team will contact you if your profile matches our needs.

Escape Velocity is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.