Senior Technical Animator – Metahumans Pipeline Lead

Antioch

United States

Remote

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Antioch, a cutting-edge robotics simulation company, seeks Senior Technical Animators / Character TDs to advance our Metahumans-focused pipeline across USD, Omniverse, Isaac Sim, and Unreal Engine. You will build Python tooling, design advanced humanoid controllers and facial/cloth physics, and contribute to a scalable animation workflow used by leading Physical AI teams.

This is an early, high-ownership role where your work shapes production tools and features, with close collaboration with

Qualifications

Expert in Unreal Engine-based character pipelines and animation.
Strong Python tooling for real-time character creation.
Proven experience with Metahumans integration.
Experience with procedural animation and generative pipelines.
Deep rigging and physics config for clothing, hair, accessories.
Strong Sequencer and Control Rig experience in Unreal.

Responsibilities

Build Python tooling to export Metahumans from Unreal to USD/Omniverse.
Design advanced humanoid animation controllers with motion matching.
Integrate models for prompt-based animation for large-scale synthetic data.
Create motion clips from third-party libraries or video-to-motion.
Rig and refine clothing and prop setups with dynamic physics.
Develop modular character configuration and waypoint animation within the platform.