Remote Technical Animator – Unreal Rigging & Pipelines

FLIX INTERACTIVE; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Flix Interactive is seeking a skilled technical animator to own and deliver advanced animation systems for internal projects and co-development partners.

You will design rigs, tools and pipelines for high-quality character, creature and gameplay motion, ensuring adherence to the game’s aesthetic and narrative requirements. Collaboration with Leads and Production is essential for timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven animation experience within games with a strong portfolio.
• Understanding of Unreal Engine animation pipeline and related tools.
• Experience with rigging, skinning and game-ready animation workflows.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills.
• Ability to own end-to-end delivery and take feedback.
• Experience with Python scripting for tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement robust animation systems and tools for high quality character motion.
• Follow animation style principles ensuring consistency with game aesthetics and narrative.
• Participate in technical reviews to improve systems and content quality.
• Follow pipeline best practices for rigging, implementation and optimisation.
• Collaborate across discipline teams to ensure top quality and performance in-engine.
• Prioritise tasks with Leads and Production to deliver on time.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Animation montages

Animation blueprints

State machines

Blend trees

Animation modifiers

Rig creation

Skinning

Python scripting

Motion capture

Facial rigging

Advanced Skeleton

Tools

Maya

Blender

Advanced Skeleton

Motion capture tooling

Job description

Flix Interactive is seeking a skilled technical animator to own and deliver advanced animation systems for internal projects and co-development partners.

You will design rigs, tools and pipelines for high-quality character, creature and gameplay motion, ensuring adherence to the game’s aesthetic and narrative requirements. Collaboration with Leads and Production is essential for timely delivery.