Technical Animation Director — Unreal Engine, Montréal

Ubisoft; Montreal; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubisoft in Montréal, Québec, is seeking a hands-on Technical Animator to design animation pipelines and improve MotionBuilder tooling with Python.

You will support procedural animation, full-body IK and character customization while aligning animation, rigging, tools and engineering teams through clear documentation and mentoring. This office-based role is on-site in Montréal. This is a permanent, full-time position.

Qualifications

• Technical animation experience in games or animation pipelines.
• Experience designing and optimizing animation pipelines.
• Proficiency with Python for tooling and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design animation pipelines and improve MotionBuilder tooling in Python.
• Support procedural animation, full-body IK and character customization.
• Align animation, rigging, tools and engineering teams through documentation and mentoring.

Skills

Technical animation

Animation pipelines

Python scripting

Unreal Engine

Tools

MotionBuilder

Maya

3ds Max

Job description

Ubisoft in Montréal, Québec, is seeking a hands-on Technical Animator to design animation pipelines and improve MotionBuilder tooling with Python.

You will support procedural animation, full-body IK and character customization while aligning animation, rigging, tools and engineering teams through clear documentation and mentoring. This office-based role is on-site in Montréal. This is a permanent, full-time position.