Blender-First 3D Generalist for GenAI & Rigging

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a talented 3D Generalist to join a leading AI lab's GenAI team, focusing on modeling, rigging and animation in Blender and Python. This is a full-time 40-hour-per-week W-2 role placed at a premier AI lab.

Qualifications include 5+ years shipping 3D work, expert Blender usage and scripting in Blender Python, strong topology, UVs, texturing, and experience exporting to .glb/.fbx for real-time use; you’ll work on training data and quality checks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of shipped 3D work at a game studio, animation or VFX studio, product-visualization or e-commerce 3D team.
• Daily, production-level Blender, with Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, Substance Painter or Houdini as secondary tools.
• Python scripting in Blender (bpy) for automation and batch processing.
• Clean quad topology, retopology, UV unwrapping/packing, baking, and PBR texturing at 4K.
• Skeletal rigging and skinning for real-time export to .glb or .fbx.

Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in 3D modeling, texturing, rigging and animation, and 3D product modeling.
• Design challenging, real-world 3D tasks drawn from studio and client workflows, and produce reference deliverables in editable source formats such as .blend, .fbx, .glb and, where CAD is involved, .step or .stl.
• Evaluate AI-generated 3D assets and give clear, written feedback, catching problems with topology, UVs, materials, scale, skin weights, rig behavior and animation loops.
• Develop guidelines, rubrics and quality checks for 3D work, including scripted mesh, UV and rig checks in Blender Python.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Skills

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Portfolio review

Self-motivation

Tools

Blender

Maya

3ds Max

ZBrush

Substance Painter

Houdini

Python (Blender bpy)

CAD formats (.step,.stl)

GLB/FBX export

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC is seeking a talented 3D Generalist to join a leading AI lab's GenAI team, focusing on modeling, rigging and animation in Blender and Python. This is a full-time 40-hour-per-week W-2 role placed at a premier AI lab.

Qualifications include 5+ years shipping 3D work, expert Blender usage and scripting in Blender Python, strong topology, UVs, texturing, and experience exporting to .glb/.fbx for real-time use; you’ll work on training data and quality checks.