Senior Technical Animator

Yelzkizi; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative game studio is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to enhance character animation and bring stories to life. This role involves collaborating with animation and design teams to create high-quality character assets and optimize workflows. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in game development, rigging, and animation systems, and will contribute to a remote-first environment that values diversity and creativity. Join a passionate team dedicated to reinventing storytelling in games and making a meaningful impact in the industry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in game development with shipped titles as Technical Animator.
• Expertise in rigging, scripting, and physics simulation.

Responsibilities

• Own character rigging systems and oversee animation integration.
• Develop and debug animation systems for character responsiveness.

Skills

Character Rigging

Scripting (MEL/Python)

Physics Simulation

Collaboration

Animation Systems Development

Tools

Maya

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Job description

www.badrobotgames.com

Senior Technical Animator Job Description

Bad Robot Games is looking for a Senior Technical Animator who is passionate about bringing characters to life. You will work closely with the Animation, Design, and Art teams to build the infrastructure, processes, and pipeline necessary for the creation of high quality animation and character assets.

Skills & Requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Own and drive character rigging systems, both internally and with any external rigging partners and resources.
2. Oversee the integration of animation and character assets within the game engine while ensuring compliance to technical, aesthetic, and gameplay constraints.
3. Work closely with the animation team and animation engineers to develop and debug animation systems that bring characters to life through responsive and fluid state machines, blend trees, IK usage, layering, tagging, and scripting.
4. Support the development of optimized workflows, custom tools, and pipelines that increase productivity and empower the animation team to work with quick iteration cycles and reduced production timelines.
5. Train internal and external animators on tools, pipelines, and animation implementation.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

1. 5+ years game development experience, with one or more shipped titles as a Technical Artist/Technical Animator
2. Experienced in rigging, scripting via MEL/Python, physics, ragdoll, and cloth simulation
3. Ability to collaborate and communicate cross-discipline with teams such as animators, character artists, designers, and engineers
4. Experienced in the creation and maintenance of source-side and runtime character rigs and physics simulation implementation
5. Expertise in Maya (MotionBuilder a plus)
6. Extensive knowledge of Unreal Engine systems, including animation blueprints.

BONUSES

1. Knowledge and experience working with motion and performance capture pipelines, processes and data usage.
2. Experience with runtime procedural animation techniques

Annual Salary Range: $115,000 - $120,000

How to Apply

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Remote work environment.

About the Company

As the games division of Bad Robot Productions (Lost, Cloverfield, Westworld, Star Wars, Star Trek), we at Bad Robot Games are on a mission to continually reinvent how stories are played.

We are a remote-first games company represented by a diverse team, which empowers us to make the kinds of games in which all players can see themselves. Working closely with our colleagues at Bad Robot Productions, our projects unite our extensive network of games, TV, and film industry talent to create original IPs, expansive worlds and tell new stories across all media platforms which are as fun to watch as they are to play.

Bad Robot Games is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.