Senior Technical Animator

Summary

Join Turtle Rock Studios, an award-winning game development team, as a Senior Technical Animator! This role involves creating and maintaining animation systems within Unreal Engine, collaborating with various teams, and optimizing animation workflows. You will be responsible for implementing assets, troubleshooting issues, and documenting systems. The position offers flexible work arrangements (in-studio, hybrid, or remote) and a competitive salary. We are seeking a highly skilled technical animator with at least 5 years of experience and a strong understanding of Maya, Python, and Unreal Engine 4 animation systems. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the creation of our next AAA title and work with a passionate and collaborative team.

Requirements

• Enthusiastic gamer with a passion for making great games and animations
• Minimum 5 years experience as a Technical Animator for games with an emphasis on developing and maintaining animation systems
• Strong knowledge of Maya and Python
• Experience in Unreal Engine 4 Animation Systems
• Experience with creating and maintaining Animation Blueprints
• Experience with animation pipelines from prototype to final assets
• Demo reel showing expertise with animation systems
• Excellent communicator with strong verbal and written English skills
• Excellent problem solving and time management skills
• Team player with a positive attitude and the ability to provide and receive objective feedback

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain animation blueprints, blendspaces, and montages within Unreal
• Construct and maintain rigs for unique characters through the development process
• Support and implement animation content, and fine tune parameters for gameplay animation
• Work directly with Programming, Animation, and Design to prototype and deliver excellent combat, character locomotion and movement mechanics, facial animation, and other new game features to deliver extremely polished gameplay and animation. Help to determine risk/reward throughout the process
• Help document design features and parameters, brainstorming all avenues for the creation of animation content
• Investigate, identify, and improve pipeline, optimize workflows and tools, setting best practices/standards streamlining the animation process
• Troubleshoot asset and editor problems for the Animation and other development teams
• Document systems and feature functionality for use by the teams and future employees
• Coordinate with all departments to achieve project goal

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent eye for animation and visual aesthetics balanced with technical skills
• Experience with cinematics and facial animation
• Experience working with procedural/physically-altered animation techniques
• Experience creating and maintaining rigs for unique characters through the development process
• Experience with multiple 3D packages
• Experience with Realtime Shaders and FX/Simulation

Benefits

• 100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family
• 401k Matching
• Student Loan Repayment Plan / College Savings Plan
• Career Improvement Plan
• Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote
• Generous Time Off Policy
• Company Events - In-Person + Virtual Events
• Fully Stocked Kitchen + Sponsored Food Trucks