Staff ML Engineer, Animation – Motion AI Tools

Riot Games; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full relocation

Health insurance for family

Open PTO

Retirement benefits

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Play Fund

Community donations

Job summary

Riot Games in Singapore is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Animation to build assistive tooling for motion processing, retargeting, and rig wrangling, integrated into animators' workflows. You will ship ML tools that accelerate production pipelines and partner with animators and tech artists to reduce costly keyframing.

The role requires a Master’s or Ph.D. in a related field with 5+ years applying ML to animation, strong Python/C/C++/C#, and hands-on experience with PyTorch,

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field with ML focus.
• Animation specialization with deep expertise in motion and character- animation ML.
• 5+ years applying ML to real-world problems in animation, with end-to-end impact.
• Proven record through publications and/or shipped animation projects or plugins.
• Strong programming in Python, C/C++, or C#, and experience with ML frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Build assistive animation tooling using motion synthesis, motion matching, retargeting, and physics-based control.
• Partner with animators and tech artists to reduce costly keyframing and retargeting work.
• Define evaluations for motion quality and quantify time saved in production pipelines.
• Stay current with motion generation research and assess production-fit on rigs and budgets.

Skills

Machine Learning

Animation ML

Motion Synthesis

Motion Matching

Retargeting

Python

C++

C#

Leadership

Communication

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in CS/Statistics/Math

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

Riot Games in Singapore is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Animation to build assistive tooling for motion processing, retargeting, and rig wrangling, integrated into animators' workflows. You will ship ML tools that accelerate production pipelines and partner with animators and tech artists to reduce costly keyframing.

The role requires a Master’s or Ph.D. in a related field with 5+ years applying ML to animation, strong Python/C/C++/C#, and hands-on experience with PyTorch,