Technical Animator

Enduring Games; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Enduring Games seeks a specialist in real-time character pipelines and rigs to empower our animation teams in Austin. You will build and maintain skinning, deformation tools, and in-engine retargeting workflows, collaborating with artists and engineers to push fidelity in our titles.

Proficiency with Maya or Houdini, plus C++ or scripting, is a plus; experience with a proprietary engine is beneficial. Strong problem-solving and profiling abilities are required.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering real-time character pipelines for games.
• Expertise in rigging, skinning, and animation tooling.
• Knowledge of C++, C#, MEL/Python and Maya/Houdini APIs.

Skills

Real-time pipelines

Rigging & skinning

Animation tooling

Animation retargeting

Profiling tools

Mocap workflows

Video game animation

C++ / C# / MEL / Python APIs

Tools

Maya

Houdini

MEL

Python

APIs

Custom engine experience

Job description

• Expertise in real-time character pipelines and workflows
• Expertise with creating and maintaining character rigs, skinning and animation tools for animators
• Proficiency in tech art/animation development in DCC tools (Maya, Houdini) for real-time video games
• Experience in developing custom deformers and blend shape solutions
• Experience with animation retargeting solutions (offline and in-engine)
• Knowledge of traditional, mocap, and procedural animation workflows
• Experience with animating for video games a plus
• Experience with profiling tools a plus
• Knowledge of C++, C#, and MEL/Maya or MEL/Python & APIs a plus
• Proprietary game engine experience a plus