Senior Rigging Artist - Deformation & Animation Lead

MFI Technologies Incorporated; Madrid; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

MFI Technologies Incorporated is seeking a Senior Rigger who will work closely with the Rigging Supervisor and multiple departments to develop, implement, maintain and support deformation rigs for Crowds, Layout and Animation. The role requires strong artistic and technical rigging skills, deep Maya production experience, and proficiency in Python scripting (Qt Interfaces and UX).

English fluency is essential, while Spanish is a plus, and collaboration across R&D, Art, Modelling and Animation is

Qualifications

• 5 years in VFX or animation industries.
• 3 years in the animation industry.
• Strong artistic and technical rigging skills.
• Proficiency within a character pipeline.
• Proficiency in using Maya in a production environment.
• Experience with sculpting tools in Body, Face and Shot-Finaling.
• Solid understanding of the principles of animation.
• Extensive anatomical knowledge of facial muscles and their kinematics functions.
• Advanced Python scripting follows coding standards including Qt Interfaces and UX.
• Desirable C/C++ developing knowledge.
• Knowledge of artistic modeling and anatomy tools is a plus.
• High English level.
• Spanish desirable.

Skills

Strong artistic and technical rigging

Character pipeline proficiency

Maya production environment

Sculpting tools (Body/Face/Shot-Final)

Animation principles

Anatomical knowledge (facial muscles)

Python scripting (Qt Interfaces & UX)

C/C++ development (desirable)

Artistic modeling & anatomy tools (adv

High English level

Spanish desirable

Tools

Maya

Qt Interfaces

Sculpting tools (Body/Face/Shot-Finaling)

Job description

MFI Technologies Incorporated is seeking a Senior Rigger who will work closely with the Rigging Supervisor and multiple departments to develop, implement, maintain and support deformation rigs for Crowds, Layout and Animation. The role requires strong artistic and technical rigging skills, deep Maya production experience, and proficiency in Python scripting (Qt Interfaces and UX).

English fluency is essential, while Spanish is a plus, and collaboration across R&D, Art, Modelling and Animation is