Senior Technical Animator: Unreal Engine Pipelines

Mob Entertainment; United States; On-site; USD 92,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

FSA/HSA

Paid time off

Sick time

Holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Mob Entertainment, a mid-sized game studio behind Poppy Playtime, is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to bridge animation and engineering and improve in-game character movement. You’ll design animation systems, develop pipelines, and collaborate with animators, designers, and engineers to ensure high-quality performances.

The role emphasizes building robust tools, workflows, and best practices for animation pipelines, mentoring juniors, and optimizing assets for runtime stability across

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in technical animation and rigging in the video game industry.
• Strong Unreal Engine experience with control rig and animation inside Unreal.
• Proficiency with Maya or similar DCC tools, including rigging and scripting workflows.
• Experience with animation state machines, blend trees, and runtime animation systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain animation systems, rigs, automated lip sync systems, and runtime solutions within the game engine.
• Build tools and pipelines that improve the efficiency of animation workflows.
• Collaborate with animators to ensure rigs, skeletons, and animation assets perform optimally in-game.
• Work with gameplay engineers to integrate animation features and systems.
• Optimize animation assets for performance, memory, and runtime stability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve animation and rigging issues across the pipeline.
• Support motion capture integration, retargeting, and procedural animation systems when needed.
• Establish and document best practices for animation pipelines and technical workflows.
• Mentor junior technical animators and support the broader animation team with technical challenges.

Skills

Technical animation

Rigging

Unreal Engine

Scripting (Python/MEL/C++)

Tools

Maya

Blueprint scripting

Job description

Mob Entertainment, a mid-sized game studio behind Poppy Playtime, is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to bridge animation and engineering and improve in-game character movement. You’ll design animation systems, develop pipelines, and collaborate with animators, designers, and engineers to ensure high-quality performances.

The role emphasizes building robust tools, workflows, and best practices for animation pipelines, mentoring juniors, and optimizing assets for runtime stability across