Senior Technical Animator — Hybrid Work & Cutting-Edge Pipelines

Placements24; Kimberley; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Medical & dental

Learning & development

Collaborative team

Job summary

Placements24 in Kimberley, Canada, seeks an experienced Senior Technical Animator to bridge animation and technical implementation, developing character and prop rigs and implementing animation systems within the game engine.

You will troubleshoot skinning and deformation, optimize performance, collaborate with artists and engineers, and create tools to streamline the animation pipeline while contributing to high-quality, efficient animation across cutting-edge projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical animation for games.
• Expertise in rigging software such as Maya or Blender, including skinning and weight painting.
• Strong understanding of animation principles, human anatomy, and mechanical systems.
• Familiarity with game engines like Unreal Engine or Unity, and their animation systems.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, MEL) is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain complex rigs for characters and props.
• Implement animation systems within the game engine.
• Troubleshoot skinning, deformation, and performance.
• Collaborate with animators, artists, and engineers to ensure smooth workflows.
• Develop tools to improve animation pipeline efficiency.

Skills

Technical animation experience

Rigging in Maya/Blender

Game engine familiarity

Animation principles & anatomy

Scripting languages (Python/MEL)

Tools

Maya

Blender

Unreal Engine

Unity

Python scripting

Job description

Placements24 in Kimberley, Canada, seeks an experienced Senior Technical Animator to bridge animation and technical implementation, developing character and prop rigs and implementing animation systems within the game engine.

You will troubleshoot skinning and deformation, optimize performance, collaborate with artists and engineers, and create tools to streamline the animation pipeline while contributing to high-quality, efficient animation across cutting-edge projects.