Remote Senior Technical Animator — Unreal Engine Rigging

Impleo; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

FSA/HSA options

Paid time off

Job summary

Impleo, partnering with a studio, seeks a Senior Technical Animator based in the United States to bridge animation and engineering in immersive games. You will design and maintain advanced animation systems, rigs, and pipelines in Unreal Engine, collaborating with animation, design, and gameplay engineering to deliver high-quality experiences.

You will contribute hands-on animation work, mentor junior team members, and help optimize runtimes across platforms while aligning with production goals

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in technical animation and rigging in games.
• Strong experience with Unreal Engine, including Control Rig and animation systems.
• Proficiency with Maya or similar DCC tools, including rigging and scripting workflows.
• Knowledge of animation state machines, blend trees, and runtime systems.
• Understanding character rigging, skinning and deformation.
• Familiarity with Python, MEL, C++, or Blueprint for tooling.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration across disciplines.
• Experience with motion capture pipelines and retargeting is a plus.
• Knowledge of Unreal rigging tools and procedural animation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain animation systems, rigs, automated lip-sync, and runtime animation in Unreal Engine.
• Build and improve tools and pipelines to increase efficiency and scalability.
• Collaborate with animators to ensure rigs and assets perform well in-game.
• Integrate animation features with gameplay engineering.
• Optimize animation assets for performance and memory across platforms.
• Troubleshoot complex animation, rigging, and pipeline issues.
• Support motion capture integration and retargeting.
• Establish best practices for pipelines and standards.
• Contribute hands-on animation work as needed to production goals.
• Mentor junior technical animators and guide the team.
• Collaborate across art, design and engineering to identify opportunities.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Tools

Unreal Engine

Maya

Python

MEL

C++

Blueprint scripting

Job description

Impleo, partnering with a studio, seeks a Senior Technical Animator based in the United States to bridge animation and engineering in immersive games. You will design and maintain advanced animation systems, rigs, and pipelines in Unreal Engine, collaborating with animation, design, and gameplay engineering to deliver high-quality experiences.

You will contribute hands-on animation work, mentor junior team members, and help optimize runtimes across platforms while aligning with production goals