Senior Animation Engineer - AAA Realism & Tools (Remote)

Impleo; Santa Monica (CA); Remote; USD 171,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

401(k) with match

Paid holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Activision Blizzard is seeking an Animation Engineer (Expert-Principal) to advance realistic movement and believability across games. The role can be based in the US or Europe and may include remote work eligibility.

Responsibilities include researching and implementing features to enhance character fidelity, and enabling efficient workflows for animation teams. Significant senior-level hands-on coding and project leadership are required.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional programming experience with a focus on skeletal animation.
• Proficiency in C/C++ in multithreaded environments.
• Experience on low-level game animation systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with animators and engineers to design, prototype, and implement new animation features.
• Develop and upgrade workflows for building, improving and debugging animation behaviors.
• Coordinate with Activision studios worldwide to support the team.

Skills

C/C++ multithreading

Skeletal animation

Animation systems

3D math

Leadership

Multitasking

Job description

Activision Blizzard is seeking an Animation Engineer (Expert-Principal) to advance realistic movement and believability across games. The role can be based in the US or Europe and may include remote work eligibility.

Responsibilities include researching and implementing features to enhance character fidelity, and enabling efficient workflows for animation teams. Significant senior-level hands-on coding and project leadership are required.