Senior Mocap Technical Animator — Remote-First

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first team

Flexible schedule

Career development opportunities

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Animator with mocap expertise to lead the full mocap pipeline, from capture to integration into game engines. You will develop tools and workflows to improve efficiency, collaborating with animators, riggers, and designers to deliver realistic and stylized character motion.

The role is remote-first, offering the autonomy to work from your location while contributing to award-winning titles.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience as a Technical Animator with mocap focus in games.
• Experience cleaning, processing, and retargeting mocap data in MotionBuilder or Maya.
• Proficiency with Unreal Engine or Unity and animation integration pipelines.
• Strong scripting skills (Python or MEL) for tools development.
• Portfolio showing high-quality mocap work and technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the motion capture process from setup to quality control.
• Clean, edit, and process raw mocap data for character performances.
• Retarget mocap data to various rigs with accuracy.
• Integrate animations into Unreal Engine/Unity game engines.

Skills

Mocap pipeline

Python scripting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Animation or related field

Tools

MotionBuilder

Maya

Unreal Engine

Unity

Python

MEL scripting

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Animator with mocap expertise to lead the full mocap pipeline, from capture to integration into game engines. You will develop tools and workflows to improve efficiency, collaborating with animators, riggers, and designers to deliver realistic and stylized character motion.

The role is remote-first, offering the autonomy to work from your location while contributing to award-winning titles.