Animation Systems Engineer for Gameplay

Epic Games; Point Blank (TX); On-site; USD 129,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Technical Designer in Animation (TDiA) to design and implement gameplay animation systems for entertaining, high-quality characters. You will bridge animation, design, and programming teams to ensure a smooth pipeline and address technical challenges.

The role involves building tools, state machines, and runtime solutions, while collaborating with leadership to translate vision into reality and maintain style consistency. Strong teamwork and problem-solving are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong animation sense and ability to achieve realistic and stylized motion.
• Familiar with generative AI in animation workflows.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication within a team.

Responsibilities

• Build animation behavior tools and frameworks for complex systems and characters.
• Design and implement animation state machines, behaviors, and runtime solutions.
• Collaborate with design and programming to troubleshoot in-game animation issues.
• Translate creative vision into technical reality while preserving style consistency.
• Develop documentation and training to lift animation team's technical fluency.
• Share solutions with TDiA teams across Epic Games.

Skills

Animation sense

Generative AI

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication

Tools

Maya

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Control Rig

Job description

Epic Games is seeking a Technical Designer in Animation (TDiA) to design and implement gameplay animation systems for entertaining, high-quality characters. You will bridge animation, design, and programming teams to ensure a smooth pipeline and address technical challenges.

The role involves building tools, state machines, and runtime solutions, while collaborating with leadership to translate vision into reality and maintain style consistency. Strong teamwork and problem-solving are essential.