Contract Technical Animator — Unreal Engine Rigging & Tools

Mobentertainment; United States; On-site; USD 92,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

FSA/HSA

Paid time off

Sick time

Holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Mob Entertainment, a mid-sized game studio known for Poppy Playtime, seeks a Contract Technical Animator to bridge animation and engineering. You will design and maintain animation systems, develop tools, and work with animators, designers, and engineers to ensure high-quality character movement and performance in-game.

You will help define animation workflows and technical standards while ensuring assets integrate into the engine.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in technical animation and rigging for games.
• Proficiency with Unreal Engine, control rig and in-engine animation.
• Experience with Maya and scripting workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain animation systems, rigs, lip-sync, and runtime solutions.
• Build tools and pipelines to improve animation workflows.
• Collaborate with animators to ensure optimal rigs and animation assets.
• Work with gameplay engineers to integrate animation features.
• Optimize assets for performance, memory, and stability.
• Troubleshoot animation and rigging issues across the pipeline.
• Support motion capture, retargeting, and procedural animation as needed.
• Document best practices for animation pipelines and workflows.
• Mentor junior technical animators and support the animation team.

Skills

technical animation

rigging

Unreal Engine

control rig

Maya

Python

C++

Blueprint scripting

Animation state machines

Blend trees

Tools

Unreal Engine

Maya

Python

MEL

C++

Blueprint scripting

Job description

Mob Entertainment, a mid-sized game studio known for Poppy Playtime, seeks a Contract Technical Animator to bridge animation and engineering. You will design and maintain animation systems, develop tools, and work with animators, designers, and engineers to ensure high-quality character movement and performance in-game.

You will help define animation workflows and technical standards while ensuring assets integrate into the engine.