Principal Robot Animation Designer — Character & Motion

Amazon.com Services LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 163,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on payments

RSUs

Health insurance

Life & AD&D insurance

Supplemental life plans

EAP

Mental Health Support

Medical Advice Line

Flexible Spending Accounts

Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC (Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company) in New York, NY is seeking a Principal Product Designer focused on robot animation and character. You will own the creative bar for key performances and translate character intent into animation artifacts used by other teams.

You will iterate on real hardware, refine motion vocabulary, and define the robot's personality while aligning with production constraints. A reel demonstrating authorship of character and timing is required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience in character animation.
• Reel demonstrating character and personality through motion.
• Mastery of animation craft across characters and emotional registers.
• Experience taking a character from concept through finished animation.
• Ability to work within real production constraints while preserving performance.

Responsibilities

• Craft the robot’s key performances from concept to final motion.
• Build an expressive motion vocabulary for locomotion, gesture, emotion, idle behavior and small moments.
• Define the robot’s personality and keep it consistent as the product evolves.
• Iterate on real hardware by testing performances in person from every angle, refining timing and weight.
• Use motion capture and reference when helpful, then adapt performances for the robot’s form factor and joints.
• Create animation-ready artifacts capturing character intent, including references, motion studies, and scripts.

Skills

12+ years animation

Reel required

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC (Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company) in New York, NY is seeking a Principal Product Designer focused on robot animation and character. You will own the creative bar for key performances and translate character intent into animation artifacts used by other teams.

You will iterate on real hardware, refine motion vocabulary, and define the robot's personality while aligning with production constraints. A reel demonstrating authorship of character and timing is required.