Senior Technical Artist - Character Rigging & Tech (Hybrid, Onsite 3x/wk)

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

Top-up to EI/QPIP benefits

Extended health/dental/vision

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Vancouver/Burnaby seeks a Senior Technical Artist to advance character rigging, deformation, and animation pipelines. You will partner with artists, engineers, and leads to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions for EA SPORTS titles.

The role emphasizes tool development, asset optimization, and cross-team collaboration in a hybrid onsite environment, with a focus on cutting-edge tech and production efficiency.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of production experience in Technical Art, Rigging, or Animation Tech.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong rigging and deformation experience with complex skeletons & control rigs.
• Solid understanding of anatomy and animation principles as they relate to deformation.
• Experience building tools, pipelines, and workflows for artists.
• Proficiency in Python or C#; C++ is a bonus.
• Hands-on with Maya and Houdini; experience with Frostbite/Unreal/Unity is desired.
• Experience diagnosing and debugging content and technology issues.
• Excellent communication; collaboration with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop character rigging tech, pipelines, tools, and workflows for EA SPORTS content creators.
• Collaborate with Directors, Artists, Technical Artists, and Engineers to deliver scalable solutions.
• Design and implement skeletons, control rigs, skin deformation, and secondary motion systems.
• Improve asset development workflows to balance quality and performance.
• Support integration and optimization across game engines and pipelines.
• Mentor teammates and share best practices across teams.

Skills

Character rigging

Animation tech

Python scripting

C# scripting

C++ knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Maya

Houdini

Frostbite

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Electronic Arts in Vancouver/Burnaby seeks a Senior Technical Artist to advance character rigging, deformation, and animation pipelines. You will partner with artists, engineers, and leads to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions for EA SPORTS titles.

The role emphasizes tool development, asset optimization, and cross-team collaboration in a hybrid onsite environment, with a focus on cutting-edge tech and production efficiency.