Senior Unity Animation Engineer — Remote

Lever, Inc.; Schweiz; Remote; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Meaningful technical ownership over a1

Fully remote work

Flexible contract options

Competitive compensation

Annual team retreats

Long-term collaboration potential

Zusammenfassung

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Senior Animation Engineer in Switzerland to drive high-quality character animation in a major Unity3D project.

You will own animation runtime systems, data-oriented approaches, and shader-driven techniques, collaborating with Animators and engineers across disciplines. You will translate creative requirements into scalable technical solutions, optimize for mobile GPUs, and build Editor tools to improve workflow efficiency while maintaining production-grade quality and

Qualifikationen

• Strong professional experience with C# and Unity engineering.
• Hands-on ECS/DOTS experience or equivalent data-oriented engine architecture.
• Strong understanding of animation runtimes (state machines, blend trees, layers, masks, root motion, events, compression).
• Experience with GPU skinning and deformation techniques.
• Shader development with HLSL and node-based tools (Shader Graph/Amplify).
• FBX pipelines with Maya/Blender.
• Editor tooling: postprocessors, validators, custom inspectors, editor windows, automation.
• Profiling on mobile platforms (Adreno/Mali).
• Familiarity with GLES/Vulkan and platform specifics.
• Excellent communication and English fluency.

Aufgaben

• Develop, maintain, and optimize animation runtime systems in Unity (state machines, blend trees, layers).
• Design and integrate data-oriented animation solutions using ECS/DOTS, Entities, Jobs, Burst, baking.
• Research and implement advanced animation tech (GPU skinning, deformation, shaders).
• Build Unity Editor tools, validators, asset processors, workflows, and utilities.
• Support rigging, skeleton, skinning, and FBX workflows between DCC tools and Unity.
• Profile and optimize animation on mobile hardware (Adreno, Mali).
• Collaborate with Animators, Technical Artists, Gameplay and Rendering Engineers.
• Lead technical investigations from prototypes to production-ready features.
• Document workflows and establish technical standards for the team.
• Balance quality, performance, and usability in architecture decisions.
• Review and improve animation systems while aligning with creative workflows.

Kenntnisse

C# & Unity

ECS/DOTS

GPU skinning

Shader development

FBX pipelines

Unity Editor tooling

Mobile profiling

Graphics APIs GLES/Vulkan

Problem solving

Communication

English fluency

Tools

Maya

Blender

Shader Graph

Unity Editor

Jobbeschreibung

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Senior Animation Engineer in Switzerland to drive high-quality character animation in a major Unity3D project.

You will own animation runtime systems, data-oriented approaches, and shader-driven techniques, collaborating with Animators and engineers across disciplines. You will translate creative requirements into scalable technical solutions, optimize for mobile GPUs, and build Editor tools to improve workflow efficiency while maintaining production-grade quality and