Remote Unity 3D & Technical Animator (Rigging & IK)

CurlyBlue; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

CurlyBlue is seeking a highly technical 3D Animator to bridge Blender and Unity, creating high-quality animations, rigs, and real-time animation systems directly within Unity. You will implement Mecanim-based animation workflows, build robust rigs, and ensure accurate retargeting across characters.

You will collaborate with developers to optimize pipelines, troubleshoot imports, and deliver responsive, polished game feel for locomotion, combat and interactions in a real-time engine.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a 3D Animator or Technical Animator in the video game industry.
• Experience working directly inside the Unity engine on at least one shipped title.
• Strong knowledge of Mecanim, Animator Controllers, Blend Trees, and the Animation Rigging package.

Responsibilities

• Unity Integration & Animation Systems (Mecanim) development and optimization.
• Rigging & technical setup for Unity-ready characters and rigs.
• Animation & game feel: locomotion, combat, interactions, idle states.
• Optimization & pipeline troubleshooting: FBX/glTF import and runtime performance.

Skills

Mecanim & Animator Controllers

Blend Trees

State Machines & Behaviors

Animation Events

Timeline & Cinemachine

Procedural IK

Rigging & Skinning

Unity integration

Character animation

C# scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Unity

Blender

Maya

3ds Max

Animation Rigging package

FBX/glTF pipelines

Job description

CurlyBlue is seeking a highly technical 3D Animator to bridge Blender and Unity, creating high-quality animations, rigs, and real-time animation systems directly within Unity. You will implement Mecanim-based animation workflows, build robust rigs, and ensure accurate retargeting across characters.

You will collaborate with developers to optimize pipelines, troubleshoot imports, and deliver responsive, polished game feel for locomotion, combat and interactions in a real-time engine.