Senior Technical Animator

Summary

Join Escape Velocity as a Senior Technical Animator and bring cosmetics for characters and props to life using rigging, runtime physics simulations, and procedural animation techniques in Unreal Engine. Collaborate with animation and design teams to develop best practices for creating amazing, efficient characters across platforms. You will create dynamic character rigs, implement animation blueprints, and troubleshoot animation issues. The role requires expertise in rigging and animation tools, Unreal Engine toolsets, and optimization techniques. Escape Velocity is a fully remote company that prioritizes honesty, autonomy, and a culture of play. They offer excellent benefits and value the time and talent of their employees.

Requirements

• Expertise with rigging and animation tools such as Maya
• Highly experienced with Unreal Engine’s animation and rigging toolsets, including RigidBodies, Cloth, Anim Nodes, Control Rig, and other systems
• Familiar with techniques to create efficient and scalable runtime characters and props
• Highly experienced with optimising and troubleshooting animation systems
• Researching and developing new techniques, approaches and solutions as required
• Capable leader and communicator who is comfortable with task prioritization, scoping, and delegation
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work well in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Create dynamic character rigs and develop processes and pipelines to make the process more efficient
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure assets meet creative and technical requirements
• Create and implement animation blueprints, simulation systems, secondary motion systems for characters and props
• Work with the animation and tech art teams to troubleshoot and debug animation issues
• Ensure assets are optimized for performance across multiple platforms
• Document techniques and workflows and mentor others to build up their skill level

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in a scripting language such as Python
• Experience working on cross-platform games
• A self-starter with a strong work ethic, a growth mindset, and the ability to work independently

Benefits

• Fully remote and support team members nearly anywhere in the world
• Excellent benefits